33、January 15th,1952

        MARKS & CO., Booksellers
         84, Charing Cross Road
             London, W.C. 2

                        15th January, 1952

Miss Helene Hanff
14 East 95th Street
New York 28, New York
U.S.A.
    
Dear Miss Hanff
    First of all, we were all so glad that
you liked the cloth.   It gave us a lot of
pleasure to send it and it was one little
way  of  thanking  you  for  all your kind
gifts over the last few years.  You may be
interested to know that it was embroidered,
quite recently,  by  an  old  lady of over
eighty  who lives in the flat (apartment)
next door to me. She lives all by herself
and  does  quite  a lot of needlework as a
hobby. She does not often part with any of
her work,  but my wife managed to persuade
her to sell this cloth,  and  I  think she
also  made  her  a  present of some of the
dried egg you send us which helped a lot.
    If you  must clean your Grolier Bible,
we should advise ordinary soap and water.
Put  a  teaspoonful  of  soda in a pint of
warm water and use a soapy sponge. I think
you  will  find  this will remove the dirt
and  you  can then polish it with a little
lanolin.
    J. Pemberton  is  a  lady and the J. is
for Janet.
    With  best  wishes  from  all of us for
the coming year.

                        Faithfully yours,
                        Frank Doel

注释：
Grolier Bible 《格罗里埃圣经》

又一年过去 了。。。