I have had another communication from Mlle de Guerre. She reports that she is not able to read the message board consistently due partly to connection difficulties, and partly to the time difference. Unfortunately, neither she nor I has a good head for the intricacies of time zones. All I know is that we are seriously out of synch, as you say.
Mlle. reports that she will probably not see Professor Lares or any of her other friends who are travelling this summer. Her time is completely committed to family. In fact, the half-German cousin has arranged for them to go to Bayreuth. I thought I knew Mlle's musical preferences as well as my own, so I was surprised at the sudden interest in Wagner. Mlle says, however, that the "sturm und drang" with all the sword-brandishing, the largish blond ladies, lies, betrayal, ruined innocence and all that sort of thing, seem particularly appropriate at the present.

I will keep our friends apprised of any further developments.

Good evening to all,

Herminone Angleterre, Social Secretary to Monique de Guerre

P.S. Mlle de Guerre's favorite poet in English is someone named Survant. My own is Wordsworth, although I greatly admire Tennyson's Ulysses poem, the exact title escapes me.