Item 139 - Letter from Maria Germanova to R. C. Trevelyan

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14 rue Nungesser et Coli, Paris XVI. - Has hoped until the last moment for an '[acting] engagement or a miracle' to provide funds for paying for her flat so she is appealing to Trevelyan's 'kindness' and asking for help. As well as the rent, they have also been sent a bill for five hundred francs [see 23/56], and all the money she has she has already 'scraped together' for Andrusha's school expenses, which also must be paid this month; asks if Trevelyan could send her this money as well. Appreciates how kind the Trevelyans are to them. Hoped to see him when he came through Paris, but thinks he must be back at home by now. Andrusha has come for Easter, looking 'pale and thin', but is happy with the work he has done on a diesel motor; she is 'quite in wonder' that her 'little boy' is clever enough to design 'such a huge, com[p]licated thing'. [Hasan Shahid] Suhrawardy has written that he should reach Europe about 23 May; she is very happy her 'old, dear, quarrelsome friend' is coming and will stay for six months, which is a real 'piece of life', not just a visit.

23/56: letter, 31 Mar 1936, from E. Ropp [?] to Maria Germanova with bill for 500 francs, mentioned in this letter.