It can't be lost. I have a memory

I put it in a drawer, or again

I seem to see me tuck it in a pocket

Of some portmanteau. If you find the letter

Deliver it to Moore. But if it's lost,

The story is not lost. I tell you this

To save the story from my side. Attend!

It was this way:

Allegra had become

A child requiring care, and nutritive