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Conger Reynolds correspondence, July 1918
1918-07-19 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2
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(the modern improvements very unusual in this part of France, to say the least.) It is completely furnished even to the dishes for the table and the linen for the beds. And the furnishings are excellent. It has a garden about the dimensions of a city block, all surrounded by a pretty wall. A drive enters through ornamental iron gates and winds through shrubbery to the rear where there are sheds in which we could have six or eight cars under cover. There are rooms over the garage and in another building where the drivers could live. In short there is everything that we should need to have a splendid press section establishment. The people who own the place live in a luxurious apartment across the street, where, incidentally, I saw more attractive paintings and artistic bric-a-brac than I have ever seen in a private home. Indeed, there was almost a surfeit of both. After they had shown us the vacant establishment, we sat down to talk the price. As a starter Pozzi named three hundred francs. A moment later I needed smelling salts. The lady smiling agreed that would be quite enough. It didn't seem possible such a place could be rented completely furnished for less than sixty dollars a month. But it was evident money was no consideration to them - they had more than enough of it - and, as the lady said prettily, they were glad to do anything for "les americains". Alors, Pozzi and I, as soon as we got out of sight, had a mutual con-
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(the modern improvements very unusual in this part of France, to say the least.) It is completely furnished even to the dishes for the table and the linen for the beds. And the furnishings are excellent. It has a garden about the dimensions of a city block, all surrounded by a pretty wall. A drive enters through ornamental iron gates and winds through shrubbery to the rear where there are sheds in which we could have six or eight cars under cover. There are rooms over the garage and in another building where the drivers could live. In short there is everything that we should need to have a splendid press section establishment. The people who own the place live in a luxurious apartment across the street, where, incidentally, I saw more attractive paintings and artistic bric-a-brac than I have ever seen in a private home. Indeed, there was almost a surfeit of both. After they had shown us the vacant establishment, we sat down to talk the price. As a starter Pozzi named three hundred francs. A moment later I needed smelling salts. The lady smiling agreed that would be quite enough. It didn't seem possible such a place could be rented completely furnished for less than sixty dollars a month. But it was evident money was no consideration to them - they had more than enough of it - and, as the lady said prettily, they were glad to do anything for "les americains". Alors, Pozzi and I, as soon as we got out of sight, had a mutual con-
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