So it will have to be real letters.
Except perhaps that exchanges of real letters still matter, a great deal, even in an age of e-mail.
It's a cliche, but when was the last time you got a real letter?
Then, to your surprise and dismay, you find real letter was written.
The letter was a real letter left by an airman for his mother.
I might have sent you a little note of acknowledgement, but I had a real letter in my mind.
In an age when even retired people are too busy to write real letters, any kind of communication is welcome.
So you can be sure it is a real letter.
In the novel there are excerpts from real letters.
"You mean they never even knew the real letter was gone?"