Dora Says Edward Wants Me To Pose In The Nude

Dear Readers,

Maybe I shouldn't tell you this, but Edward has written me begging me to pose in the nude and send him the paintings. He wants to put them up in his tent in the desert. I think he's pulling my leg. But I'm not sure. I went to the library and looked up the two paintings he has requested. They are Rubens's The Union Of Earth And Water and Titian's The Venus of Urbino.

I am shocked! In The Union Of Earth And Water I would get only a scarf to put between my thighs. Otherwise I would not be wearing a stitch of clothing. In The Venus of Urbino, I wouldn't even have that! In the first painting I would be posing as a goddess. In the second I would be pretending I was a saucy aristocratic lady. What would my parents think?

I am shocked and flattered at the same time. I like to think of Edward thinking of me this way, if you know what I mean. But I cannot imagine doing it.

Sincerely yours,

Dora Benley
P.S. Nothing on the Lusitania prepared me for this.