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Collège de France, Paris - Is glad they are coming to a conference at the Musée Guimet on 20 Jan.; has already spoken briefly about the Comparative Method as illustrated by Sir James; there is unexpected testimony written in the 14th century which describes a ritual based on the Golden Bough, which pleased Sir James when he heard about it; the lecture at the Musée Guimet will be illustrated; his wife had a bad week, is better now, but they don't know how long it will last.

Encloses the subtitles to a film written by Mr and Mrs Henri Saint of Buenos Aires, about the Araucans; her husband [Alexandre Moret] judges it a valuable document, as they recorded what they saw; she has had troubles with the cinema, and the public did not have Part I when it was screened; there is a section with a priest that is not in the manuscript, as her husband found a copy in [Tomás] Guevara's work on Araucano folklore and has already sent it to Sir James; Mr and Mrs Lapie cannot come to lunch, but Mlle de Coubertin, [Joseph] Hackin, de Guimet, l'Abbé Drioton and [Maurice] Brillant will be there. Accompanied by a carbon copy typescript of the subtitles, entitled "Voyage de Mr et Mme Henri Saint, de Buenos-Aires, dans l'Amérique australe, en [added in ink:] 1923?" and three more pages of subtitles [?] entitled "Chez les Araucans du lac Lacar, péninsule de Quila-Quina, territoire argentin".

Paris, 54 rue Vaneau - Congratulates the Frazers; her husband [Alexandre Moret] apologises for not writing but is very busy, as he has had to replace a sick colleague at school as well as absent and sick colleagues at the museum; they have no free time as they are preparing for the marriage of their son with her niece, Blanche [Reine?] Husson; will go to le Congès de Géographie in Cairo and hopes to see them in Paris after that.

Paris, 54 rue Vaneau - Suze Moret congratulates Frazer on the Légion d'honneur, thinks he would have received it earlier if not for the instability of government after the war; will be happy to see them in London in May; her husband will go to Vichy to rest in June; she is equally absorbed by the plight of friends of Argentina; also, the Congrès de Syrie has dragged down many of their friends. On the verso of the letter, Alexandre Moret writes his congratulations.