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RHW:R

October 20th, 1938

Dear Mrs. Standish:

Ever so many thanks for your letters of October 7th and 9th, and please forgive me for acknowledging receipt of same so late, but the season has started here with a bang and there are a thousand and one things to do.

Thanks also for sending the two checks for which I understand you already received a formal acknowledgement from the firm.

In the meantime, I have seen Mrs. Dillman several times and she seems to enjoy her sojourn and is in very good spirits. In fact, we had lunch together yesterday, and made the rounds of the great couturieres afterwards. It was loads of fun.

Regarding now the clock, I am terribly sorry that you seem to have some trouble there and the quickest and best solution would be to call in a good reliable watch-maker and have him go over the clock. He certainly will know how to fix the little pendulum and also can check up on the running condition of the clock. I gave Mrs. Dillman yesterday the key to same which was forwarded to us in a separate envelope from Paris. Would you kindly keep me posted on this matter.

I understand Mrs. Dillman is going to be here til the end of the week, and I am to see her again on Saturday afternoon.

We have the most heavenly weather, unusually warm and it is hard to believe that winter is practically before our doors. 

By-the-by, I was in West Point last Sunday for a short visit and tried to see your son. However, I could not get on to him since he was on duty or something of that sort, but I expect to be up in that neighborhood soon again and shall make a greater effort to at least say hello to him.

t.s.vp