Addressed to her sister-in-law Marguerite George (my grandmother Nanny), a few months after the death of her wife Jeanne Bastien-Gervais or Mara, Nanny's half-sister. The letter had to be addressed to Nanny's house in Paris, at 123, rue de Longchamp.
"on March 10, 1929
My dear Margot
I received this morning your good letter which I read with pleasure and which begins by taking care of my health, which is not bright this week; I caught a little flu; also today despite the beautiful spring weather (+16 degrees) I stay at my house with my fire, it was on my sensitive point my belly and a good chest cold; I did not interrupt my work which is not very tiring; today I treat myself with grogs and tonight I will put a cataplasm with it; I hope in my next letter to tell you that I am cured. Business with the notary is over. (This is the succession of Marraine whose usufruct he received the rest coming back to Nanny) And I paid everything; he must send you papers, he told me that you were a little patient; their typewriter being fluctuated. I received a letter from my brother who had my Alsace-Lorraine revalued, two mortgages Frankfurt and with that my Bethlehem and touched a thousand(current 3000F) He'll give me that when he comes to see me. He intended to come to Easter but as he tells me if it rains I won't go and it would make you spend the two days alone, go to Vierville and I'll see you on a Sunday that will make it beautiful.
So in three weeks I'll be with you all and Maine and Totony. (Germaine and Jean Hausermann)I am delighted to see you again after such a long absence; I will do my best to leave on Saturday night and I will be completely healed. You will be very kind to send me the schedule of the bus from Bayeux to Vierville.
I see that Tantine (Adeline Weill-Collard, Nanny's aunt) I think you're better off since you found no one; but you should have asked the janitor instead of going up those five floors, which have a good time with your asthma; as you say, it's crazy at her age, but when you make her stay at her place, she will have to be very sick. So poor Maine is like me she's being fluctuated; I hope she'll soon write to you that she's getting better, and that she has good news from her mother, these are ideas not to tell her children that we're going to get an operation. She must have been afraid of the operation, it reminds me of my poor Jeanne who had been so successful.
I think while I'm writing you maybe you have Georges Chevalier with his wife and you're talking about my poor missing woman (at 5 a.m.).
I thank you for your article on the Vatican stamps; unfortunately since I was alone I have not dealt with it.
Many things to the Greeks and Americans
(Chedals in Greece and Cordelle in Argentina)
when you write to them; kiss all of me.
Did you find a cook? Is that the one you had in Vierville last year?
I'm leaving you to write Adolphe a note, and I'll tell you about my health.
Thousand good bees to you three
(who? Nanny, Maine and Totony?) "...of old Uncle Robert"
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