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Paris, May 25th 1923

Mrs. Edwin Bayer
Hotel Ritz
Piccadilly
Londres.

My dear Mrs. Bayer,

     I am really very sorry because I did not see you, nor your dear husband, nor my dear sweet Sybil before you left and I fear that you will leave again next Wednesday, before I can see you because I absolutely cannot come to London.

     We are terribly busy and I have got an awful cold and have been laying in bed for three days and my wife does not allow me to travel.

     The aim of this letter is to tell you and your dear husband that I have finally found a marvelous man to make your frame for you. He will charge between six and seven thousand francs. He telephoned to me that it might be a thousand francs more and if the frame is well done, I believe it is not too dear.

     You must not forget that there is entrance duty to apy [[sic]] in America for modern goods.

     Will you please cable me on receipt of this letter whether you want me to order it?  I am sure that it will be well executed.

     I am sorry that you are not in Paris, because we would talk about that campaign which is being made against DEMOTTE,