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Conger Reynolds correspondence, July 1918
1918-07-12 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2
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than to write I should like to talk to you here. You would love the coolness and quietness and beauty of the place. A few minutes ago when I went to my room to get stationery I found Martine and the maid at work slicking the place up. "Voila Monsieur Reynolds (pronounced Raynole) qui vient voir Madame Reynolds," said Martine, meaning that she reasoned my real purpose was to take a look at your picture. It happened that I didn't have that so much in mind as my plan to reread one of your letters and answer it, but I didn't want to spoil her romantic notion, particularly as it often enough would explain my purpose on visiting that room. So I agreed. She then announced to me a great plan she has conceived for bringing you over here by aeroplane. She implicitly believes that American aeroplanes will be able to fly across the Atlantic and she looks to them as a safer means of transportation than ships in a submarine-infested sea. You can see from that what confidence the French have in American ingenuity. It seems to me a long time since I wrote to you. Really it must be almost two days. Heavens! I'll have to strive not to neglect you that way. Yesterday morning I went with some of the force on a hunt for a chateau to be taken over by the government and used as a place for the entertainment of distinguished visitors. Authorization for the scheme has come so late that the fine place we picked last March
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than to write I should like to talk to you here. You would love the coolness and quietness and beauty of the place. A few minutes ago when I went to my room to get stationery I found Martine and the maid at work slicking the place up. "Voila Monsieur Reynolds (pronounced Raynole) qui vient voir Madame Reynolds," said Martine, meaning that she reasoned my real purpose was to take a look at your picture. It happened that I didn't have that so much in mind as my plan to reread one of your letters and answer it, but I didn't want to spoil her romantic notion, particularly as it often enough would explain my purpose on visiting that room. So I agreed. She then announced to me a great plan she has conceived for bringing you over here by aeroplane. She implicitly believes that American aeroplanes will be able to fly across the Atlantic and she looks to them as a safer means of transportation than ships in a submarine-infested sea. You can see from that what confidence the French have in American ingenuity. It seems to me a long time since I wrote to you. Really it must be almost two days. Heavens! I'll have to strive not to neglect you that way. Yesterday morning I went with some of the force on a hunt for a chateau to be taken over by the government and used as a place for the entertainment of distinguished visitors. Authorization for the scheme has come so late that the fine place we picked last March
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