28、September 15,1951

                        14 East 95th st.
                        September 15,1951

Maxine, bless your golden heart, what a
peachy description, you write better than
I do.
    I called your mother for your address,
she said to tell you the sugar cubes and
Nestle bars are on the way, I thought you
were dieting?
    I don’t like to sound bitter, but I
would like to know what YOU ever did that
the good Lord lets YOU browse around my
bookshop while I’m stuck on 95th St.
writing the TV “Adventures of Ellery
Queen.” Did I tell you we’er not allowed
to use a lipstick-stained cigarette for a
clue? We’re sponsored by the Bayuk Cigar
Co. and we’re not allowed to mention the
word “cigarette.” We can have ashtrays on
the set but they can’t have any cigarette
butts in them. They can’t have cigar butts
either, they’er not pretty. All an ashtray
can have in it is a wrapped, unsmoked
Bayuk cigar.
    And you hobnobbing with Gielgud at
Claridge’s.
    Write me about London—the tube, the
Inns of Court, Mayfair, the corner where
the Globe Theatre stood, anything, I’m not
fussy. Write me about Knightsbridge, it
sounds green and gracious in Eric Coates’
London Suite. Or London Again Suite.

                                xxxx
                                hh

注释：
sugar cubes 糖块，方糖
Nestle bars 巧克力棒、（雀巢）
Bayuk Cigar Co. 一个香烟公司的名称
ashtray 烟灰缸
the Globe Theatre 环球剧院
Eric Coates’ London Suite 科茨的《伦敦组曲》

“my bookshop” ...这是Helene的书店了，Frank知道么

到这里可以清楚知道她们的关系了，可以认为是朋友兼同事（一个写剧本、一个拍戏）