Dear Marion,

It's late and I've been whiling away the day writing the
introduction for the best seller that Helmut is dreaming
about; the first page already, if I read it correctly, is
a lead balloon. I'll append it. It may well irritate you,
make you nervous, but will do your German a lot of good,
if you can stomach reading it.

I'll also attach a bit of correspondence in the form of
two self explanatory letters to the Scotiabank. It doesn't
take much to turn loose the lawyer lurking inside me.

Your suggestion of a literary duet with Helmut is a nice 
idea, but it wouldn't work, because notwithstanding the
mutual admiration and affection we have for each other,
the conclusions we draw from private and especially public
experiences are very different. I hope I don't annoy
Helmut too much. I'll try not to.

The attachments to this e-mail will have to take the place
of my usual loquaciousness. I hope you are well.

Jochen