Premise: And this is just what did happen, in the shape of a communication, which arrived by the second post from a firm of French music publishers, acknowledging Mrs. Inglethorp's cheque, and regretting they had been unable to trace a certain series of Russian folksongs.

Hypothesis: Although the French firm of music publishers tried to trace a series of Russian folksongs, they didn't speak Russian and were unable to do so.
Relation: neutral