Autograph letter signed : Bourne, to [Paul George] Konody, 1913 July 4.

Concerning the sale of his [Conder] fan (see MA 5141.29); commenting "As my friend Sig [David Sigismund Don] remarked : you're a sportsman. But do you think it would be any use offering to take £25 for the fan? That sum would just clear me of my most pressing debt, and I could hang on fairly well until some more comes in. You will deserve to be called a genius as well as a sportsman if you can arrange it. But I shall be guided by you entirely in the matter. I laughed over the Dieppe episode, but my opinion of Violet would be a prejudiced one, so I shall restrict myself to saying that in ten years time she will be exactly like Mrs. Bardell[.] Seriously I think you well rid of a difficult person. I am doubtful about going up to Town before August or September, except to pass through; but we may find time for a small bottle together; and I can tell you of Sig & Co's adventures in Bergen, which read like a Kipling poem. It ended in a complete stoppage of the traffic in the main street, a semi-riot in a Cinema theatre, and refuge in a Damefriserie;" adding, in a postscript, that if the £25 is not possible he does not wish to lose the £20. .