Dear friend  Shamim,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

I received your letter last Wedndesday. But I was too busy to reply at that time. I express my heartfelt thanks for inviting me to your house during the Puja Holidays. But, as you know, my Test Examination is drawing near. It will be held just after the Durga Puja. This examination is very important for me because it will give me an idea of the pattern of questions in Matriculation Examination. So I am very busy these days preparing for the Test Examination. So I have decided not to visit your house this time. I request you to excuse me. But I will surely visit you after the Matriculation Examination.

Yours,

Ovijit das