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Conger Reynolds correspondence, January-March 1919

1919-02-02 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2

with which we can keep it warm. Downstairs we had a helluva time to keep from freezing. Other things up here are better too. The furniture is wonderful old stuff. Our walls are almost crowded with paintings, some of which are pretty good. The beds are fine. The table linen, silver, and china is abundant and nice; and the kitchen is a dream of cleanliness and good equipment. For all of this we pay 350 francs a month, which for Paris, crowded as at present, is not bad, and divided between four fellows much less than we should pay for rooms living separately. It's food that runs our bills up. We buy as much as possible from the commissary but even that is not cheap, and French markets and stores are much worse. Such are the cares of a household. But the reward compensates for the cares. It is surely much more like living to be in an apartment than in the pension where I was when I first came. I think often how things

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with which we can keep it warm. Downstairs we had a helluva time to keep from freezing. Other things up here are better too. The furniture is wonderful old stuff. Our walls are almost crowded with paintings, some of which are pretty good. The beds are fine. The table linen, silver, and china is abundant and nice; and the kitchen is a dream of cleanliness and good equipment. For all of this we pay 350 francs a month, which for Paris, crowded as at present, is not bad, and divided between four fellows much less than we should pay for rooms living separately. It's food that runs our bills up. We buy as much as possible from the commissary but even that is not cheap, and French markets and stores are much worse. Such are the cares of a household. But the reward compensates for the cares. It is surely much more like living to be in an apartment than in the pension where I was when I first came. I think often how things