:39:12
Dear Miss Hanff:
:39:13
I expect you are worried that
we have not thanked you for your parcels...
:39:17
...and are probably thinking
that we are an ungrateful lot.
:39:22
The truth is,
I have been chasing around the country...
:39:25
...in and out of various stately homes
of England...
:39:28
...trying to buy a few books
to fill up our sadly depleted stock.
:39:35
My wife was starting
to call me "The Lodger..."
:39:38
...just went home for bed and breakfast.
:39:40
But when I arrived home
with a nice piece of meat...
:39:43
...to say nothing of dried eggs and ham...
:39:45
...then she thought I was a fine fellow,
and all was forgiven.
:39:49
It is a long time since we saw
so much meat all in one piece.
:39:58
Lots 40 through 49 are on the next landing.
:40:00
- Good morning, John.
- Good morning.
:40:14
We should like to express our appreciation
in some way...
:40:18
...so we are sending by book post today...
:40:21
...a little book which I hope you will like.
:40:25
I remember you asked me for a volume
of Elizabethan love poems.
:40:30
This is the nearest I can get to it.
:40:53
To Helene Hanff with best wishes
and thanks for many kindnesses...
:40:58
...from all at 84 Charing Cross Road.
London, April, 1951.