Encrypted Email To: Jim From: Matthias Subject:An Invitation
Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It promises light like the careful undressing of love.
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Matthias
[It is, of course, in cipher; a Vignere cipher, using the bolded phrase in the poem as a pass phrase. The message is: 'now that enough time has passed to avoid cliche, meet me at sonoma cellar in henderson nevada at seven in the evening tomorrow. we have reservations.']