Connie's Response
(--with an awareness Lawrence did his best--)

Dear Mellors: I was pleased for your
Sake to hear you are working--it must have felt
Satisfying to get a job by means of inside contact;
You always did prefer pulling strings, over hearing.
To get inside yourself. And it really is a bitch that
You have to milk female cows; when will the people
Responsible for you get that good old animal spirit back,
As you say and give you a choice about love? The "glow"
Between us, I have to tell you, was born yesterday.
I'm really sorry he's a "side issue" for you
But the solace of sitting with you head in
The side of a female animal will help bring in what you
Want, some money as well; and I'll love the little fellow
Anyway. Thanks for writing to me. Humanly, Connie

[from What Goes Up Comes Out by Ian Rudkin, 2006]