DEAR CHARLIE.

I

'Ow are yer, my ribstone? Seems scrumtious to write the old name.

I 'ave quite lost the ran of you lately. Bin playing some dark little game? [1]

I'm keeping mine hup as per usual, fust in the pick of the fun,

For wherever there's larks on the tappy there's 'Arry as sure as a gun.

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