Letter from Ismail Merchant, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1980 April 3: autograph manuscript signed.

Expressing gratitude that the film ["The Europeans"] is finished; vowing never to work on another "half baked" project like this again; feeling it turned out well; anticipating her arrival in New York; saying he hasn't been able to see "Pogie" [Firoza Jhabvala]; pointing out that "The Bostonians" and "Quartet" are both still "far away"; complaining that "I am so exhausted that I get up in the middle of the night with back aches and fear of bankruptcy"; claiming that 21% of American have declared bankruptcy and "prices are soaring."