:06:01
I enclose a list of my most
pressing problems.
:06:04
If you have clean, second-hand copies
of any of the books on the list...
:06:08
...for no more than $5 each,
will you consider this a purchase order...
:06:12
...and send them to me?
:06:13
Very truly yours...
:06:16
...Helene Hanff.
:06:21
Dear Madam:
:06:25
In reply to your letter of October 5...
:06:29
...we have managed to clear up
two-thirds of your problem.
:06:37
The three Hazlitt essays you want
are contained in the...
:06:40
...Nonesuch Press edition
of his Selected Essays.
:06:46
And the Stevenson is found in...
:06:49
...Virginibus Puerisque.
:07:02
We are sending nice copies by book post
and trust they will arrive safely...
:07:07
...and that you will be pleased with them.
:07:10
Our invoice is enclosed with the books.
:07:14
The Leigh Hunt essays won't be so easy.
:07:18
But we'll try to find an attractive volume
with them all in.
:07:22
We haven't the Latin Bible you describe...
:07:25
...but we have a Latin New Testament,
also a Greek New Testament.
:07:30
Ordinary modern editions in cloth binding.
:07:33
Would you like these?
:07:36
Yours faithfully, FPD, for Marks & Co.
:07:50
- Helene Hanff.
- Hi, it's me.
:07:52
- Hi, Maxine.
- Wait till I tell you what happened.
:07:55
I can't talk now. I slept through my alarm.
:07:57
- Call you tonight?
- Okay, fine.
:07:59
Call you later, bye-bye.