Dear Dr. Schmidt:
It is with great pleasure that I received your invitation to address the Hammelberg Conference. That you deem my research of interest gives me great encouragement. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I shall be happy to attend.
Yours in science,
Baron Victor Frankenstein.
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Dear Dr. Schmidt:
The train tickets have arrived. I am, however, forced to return one set to you. My assistant, Igor, has suffered an unfortunate accident. Until the pitchfork-punctures and torch-burns are healed, I have f*******n him to travel.
I anticipate no change in my own schedule, however. Indeed, I find myself keenly anticipating the company of open-minded scientists such as yourself. Here, in the lowlands, one is forced to suffer the boorish pranks and pryings of those who would suppr
