Chapter Thirty-two. Don’t change the meaning of things

Before you read this letter, the situation is as follows: It is 1920s America, and a boyfriend decides to buy his girlfriend a surprise present with the help of her sister. Secretly they go shopping together and visit a large department store. The sister tries on a pair of silk fur-lined gloves and the boyfriend buys them. Before she leaves the store, the sister also buys a pair of silk panties. Unfortunately, the gloves and panties are mixed up while being gift-wrapped. The girlfriend receives the panties together with this note from her boyfriend:

It’s now impossible to travel anywhere by ...

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