Dear Marion,

This afternoon's mail brought the information about 
Friends' Homes at Guilford which you sent. Thank you.
I have reviewed the brochures and want to comment on
them while they are on my mind, thereafter to be able 
to forget unless and until the need arises.

The business aspects of the proposition are rather murky.
Margrit's reaction to her conversation with you about her
retirement plans, when Margrit told me you had informed yourself 
and were far more knowledgeable about Friends Homes than was
she, persuades me that Margrit is quite unprepared to take
any specific action to secure for herself a safer and more
comfortable environment than the existing arrangements in
Detroit. I have no evidence that Margrit knows what she is
is proposing to do or what the practical consequences of her
actions will be.

What is most immediately obvious to me is that Friends Homes
relies on entrance fees from its clients as a source of capital,
between $20,000 and $130,000 per person. These sums are not
unconditionally refundable when occupancy is terminated. If,
for the sake of Margrit's welfare, these expenditures should
prove desirable, her family is able and willing to supply the
funds.  I don't want to interfere with your friendship for my
sister, but I ask you to be realistic: no matter what Margrit
says, you should not expect to be repaid any sums that you lend
to her or disburse on her behalf.

I haven't heard from Margrit since she flew to Fort Lauderdale.
I hope she is well, but I know from experience that if she were
not, she might or might not tell me. As you are aware, she has
a standing invitation to move to Belmont; she has a standing
invitation to use the Konnarock house as she wishes; she has a
standing offer from me to help her both practically and financially
with a move to Friends Homes, if and when she asks me.  At this
juncture, her highest priority appears to be to keep me in the
dark about her plans and her doings. I am sympathetic with her
desire for secrecy, and I shall wait patiently until she asks
for my help.

Jochen