1:20:06
Frank.
1:20:09
You still there?
1:20:12
Still alive, are we?
1:20:15
I swore I wouldn't write until I found work.
1:20:18
Sold a story to Harper's magazine.
1:20:21
Slaved over it three weeks.
They paid me $200 for it.
1:20:25
Now they've got me writing a story
of my life in a book.
1:20:29
How about you, Frank?
1:20:33
Yes. We're all very much alive
and kicking...
1:20:38
...though rather exhausted
after a hectic summer.
1:20:42
Now, listen.
1:20:43
I introduced a young friend
to Pride and Prejudice one rainy Sunday.
1:20:48
She's gone crazy for Jane Austen.
She has a birthday around Halloween.
1:20:54
Can you find me some Austen for her?
1:20:58
I know you can.
1:21:00
There's no hope of finding any Jane Austen
in time for your friend's birthday.
1:21:05
We've had hordes of tourists
from the U.S. A...
1:21:09
...France, Scandinavia, etc.,
all buying our nice, leather-bound books.
1:21:13
So our stock is a sorry sight
at the moment.
1:21:16
But perhaps we can find them
for Christmas.
1:21:19
Are you a grandfather yet?
1:21:21
Tell Sheila and Mary that children
are entitled to presentation copies...
1:21:25
...of my Collected Juvenile Works.
1:21:28
That should make them rush out
and reproduce.
1:21:32
Best to Nora and anybody else around.
1:21:38
Nora and the girls are fine.
Sheila is teaching.
1:21:42
Mary is engaged to a very nice boy.
1:21:45
But there is little hope of marriage
for the time being...
1:21:48
...as neither has any money!
1:21:50
So Nora's hopes of being
a glamorous grandmother...
1:21:52
...are receding fast.
1:21:55
Love, Frank.