TRINITY COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE.

18-iv-29.

Dear Madame Fridérich,

Thank you very much for your letter of
April 15th giving me details of the expenses in connexion with
the wardrobe. I am glad ~~to be in a condition to settle the~~ *that it is now possible*
whole matter *now* and I am enclosing a cheque for 6,338 French
francs which I think covers the exact amount.

I am grateful for the news that you give me of Mrs Wharton
and I should be very much obliged if, when you are acknowledging
this, you would let me know whether she is now able to receive
letters. I am anxious to write to her but I do not wish to
fatigue her or to do anything contrary to the doctor's suggestion.
In any case, perhaps you will give her the kindest messages from
me and tell her how glad I am to hear good news of her and how
I long to write.

With renewed thanks for your trouble, you have taken.

Believe me,
Yours very sincerely,

February 18th, 1931

Dearest Gaillard,

Please excuse this dictated letter. Walter's sister, Mrs. Alden, has just sent me a letter addressed to Mrs. Harry Crosby (widow of the murderer) of which I enclose a copy, and you will understand my writing to you on the subject when I remind you that you spoke to me of having has a visit, last year I think, from a would-be biographer of Henry (I think) whose name sounded something like that of the signer of this letter.

All this is very confused, and I may be entirely mistaken; but in any case I should like your opinion as to the next steps to be taken. Mrs. Alden of course leaves it all together to me, but I gather from her bewildered little note that the idea horrifies her as it does me. I have written to her to do nothing further till she hears from me again, and meanwhile I am consulting you and Brownson as to the best means of preventing the publication of such a book.

You will see from the letter that Mrs. Crosby that the latter appears to be in favour of the book. (Probably she hopes to make a little money out of it). As to the letters which Mr. Eden hopes to get, I have written to Mrs. Alden that Henry kept no letters; and that moreover I know that he and Walter very seldom wrote to each other. My impression is that Walter destroyed all his private correspondence, and for my part I have kept no letters from him except some early ones connected with my literary work. As you know I am trying to get together material for some reminiscences, and I am perfectly willing, in order to try to block Mr. Eden, to say that I may write a life of Walter myself. Of course there is no material for a "Life", but a vulgar gossipy book could be manufactured by Eden and Mrs. Crosby, and this naturally I want to prevent at all costs. The matter would be simplified for me if Eden was the man you saw, for I remember you had a favourable impression of him, and in that case it might be best to appeal directly to him.

All well here. I hope you are resisting the flu. I had a soi-disant mild attack six weeks ago, and have just managed to throw it off now. The weather continues to be lovely.