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Is there a trope for when a message (usually a letter) containing crucial information almost, but doesn't quite, get to its intended recipient? Not because the messenger died or was abducted or the message was intercepted by the bad guys or whatever, but just because of mundane delays, a typo in the address, a carrier pigeon being eaten by a random predator, the recipient being in such a hurry that they don't open it until it's too late, etc.