To L. S. Mizinova, July 1891. Bogimovo.

A short note of June-July 1891 from Bogimovo (the Kaluga province estate where the Chekhov family summered that year) to Lidia Stakhievna Mizinova, "Lika," the family friend and object of Chekhov’s long-running romantic banter. dateline, an affectionate salutation, a brief rhetorical question, a joking main paragraph promising a photograph and a meeting, a book recommendation, a regards line, and a closing compliment – one continuous billet, not several items stitched together. Distinct from the neighboring (also dated "June-July 1891. Bogimovo." to the same addressee): 993 is a separate mock marriage-proposal joke letter signed under a comic pseudonym ("Golovin-Rtishchev"), with its own salutation and its own closing postscript – a different piece of correspondence sharing only the approximate date and recipient, not a duplicate.

Chekhov opens by deflecting some unspecified reproach from Lika, then in mock-gallant style sends her "my mug" (his photograph), promises they’ll meet the next day, urges her not to forget "her Petka" (a joking self-nickname), and signs off with an exaggerated "I kiss you 1000 times!!!" He recommends a volume of his own stories with self-mocking enthusiasm ("what a delight!"), asks her to pass on greetings to his sister Maria Chekhova, and closes with a one-line compliment.