Possible Clues:

• Character dispatched communication
• Character - landlord - epistle
• Written character - landlord
• Note from the landlord
• Allow her to begin 8 down, by the sound of it
• Allow her to have a dear beginning, by the sound of it
• Allow 'er to sound male, by the sound of it
• By the sound of it, this might allow 'er to be male
• Landlord - epistle
• Might allow her to sound like a male?