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to descend in street you would be wet or your satin shoes would be spoilt in traversing the footpath (In cafes & hotel a flunkey man with a large umbrella protects you from rain). [A small sketch here]. There is no front door at all & no grand & official exterior entrance.
On returning we changed our wet clothes & light a huge fire in the open fireplace to dry our things. For here there is no place – no court to dry clothes hence even the poorest is forced to send them to a laundry which even in the poorest families cost 4 to 15 francs per week.
Handkerchiefs cost – 10c
Kitchen Towels – 15c
1 small Tablecloth – 40c
1 apron (noir) – 10c
1 serviette dish cloth – 15c
1 Blouse – 1.00
1 Bed Sheet – 1.25
1 pyjamas – 2.00
Never will I be able to adjust my ideas after the prices here. These prices are all a consequences of guerre & the high cost of living.
In front of huge fire we stretched a eiderdown & read to our hearts content while outside the rain fell & the wind howled. The following day & the rest of week the usual regime of study. I am really worse off than a prisoner in the [indecipherable]