I received your letter dated 10 September and it made me very happy because it put an end to your long silence, for I missed you, not having had news of you. I viewed your silence regarding the books about which I spoke to you as your consent, and since Mr. Marignac feared they would be sold, he bought them. I am very upset that Cockran went back to America because I will not be able to have news from him as often but I hope to have some from time to time through you. Mr. de Marignac brought me a bill of exchange, as you had asked him in your letter of 25 January. I am sending it to you for you to judge it. Soon we will be on holiday for the grape harvest, which will last one month, but we will not remain idle; first, before the holiday begins, the master gives us a task to do, and we must show this work at the end of the holiday, and in addition we will have a task in Latin and another in drawing. [torn] and the head of the school gives us a lesson that lasts an hour a day. I am keeping my journal and translating the Joseph Andrew that you sent me. Mr. Pigott sends you his greetings, as does Mme Cramer. Mr. and Mme de Marignac send you their regards.

I am my dear grand papa Your very humble and very obedient [grand] Son