You will be surprised at my writing to you after not hearing from me for so long I write to you because I am in great troble[2] I think you will help me if you can. I know that in the old days you used to help Mama[3] I am with my husband here at Paris I say with him but really he is always nearby at St. Cloud. I have had some money promised to mep2but find I cannot get it till the end of April Can you lend me some till then when I will returne[4] it to you I am in an Hotel[5] quite alone in Paris & without a penny. The people here are very nasty & say that if I have not got the money before Monday they will fetch the police & put me in prison my husband is finishing his service at Ste Cloud so he cannot help me & also will be punished when the affair gets known
Dear Father you knewp3me as a little child & knew me also a grown up[6] so help me now
Remember I have no Father[7] to turn to in my great troubles & my mother in England is very far away & also cannot help me as the little money she has she wants & cannot let me have any.
I must beg you to forgive me dear Father for troubling you with all this. but if you remember you told me when I last saw you that if I was in trobble[8] I was to tell you & you would help me. Will you writep4by returne[9] of post to let me know if you can help me for I can go into a place to give lessons directly I have payed this Hotel
Please do try & help me
address
Madame Frierdich
15 Rue Montyon
Paris