On the Twelfth Day of Christmas

[This correspondence began on 25th December…]

5th January

Sir,
Our client, Miss Emily Wilbraham, instructs us to inform you that with the arrival on her premises at half-past seven this morning of the entire percussion section of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and several of their friends she has no course left open to her but to seek an injunction to prevent your importuning her further. I am making arrangements for the return of much assorted livestock.
I am, Sir, Your faithfully,
G. CREEP
Solicitor-at-Law

Written by John Julius Norwich