V. I.

Lenin

400

To:   INESSA ARMAND

Dear Friend , [1]

I have written to you once or twice, but truth to tell, there is little
news here. The news from Russia is not bad, you will read it all yourself
soon, I hope, when you come here. You don’t mention a word about what
length of time your dentist has appointed for your treatment. Even
approximately? You should travel either by post-chaise (up to Flühli
twice a day, at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Schüpfheim, and to us, to
Sörenberg , only once a day, at 9 a.m. from Schüpfheim). To
catch the morning post (that is, the post-chaise), I think you
must start out from Berne at 5.30 a.m. and wait 1 1/2 hours at Schüpfheim. But if you leave Berne at 2.05, as we did,
the post-chaise will take you only as far as Flühli; from there you will
have to hire a horse-drawn vehicle (for that purpose you will have to
telephone from Schüpfheim—there is a restaurant there opposite
the station. The keeper for 10 pfg. will telephone us here, Hotel Marienthal in Sörenberg, saying you are coming and asking for a
horse-drawn carriage to be sent:
in that case they will just manage to get to Flühli from here and bring
you down here from Flühli).

The fare by post-chaise is fr. 1.20 to Flühli+2 frs. from Flühli to
Sörenberg.

Horse and carriage here costs 4 frs. per person (6 frs. for 2 people)
from Flühli to Sörenberg.

Your letter for some reason travelled to Lucerne! I wonder why? Is it
because you wrote Sörenberg in one line? Or should you not add via Schüpheim ?

All the best. See you soon, Yours, Lenin

P.S. I wrote Grigory yesterday about inviting Grimm to
Kommunist . Today I read Trotsky’s answer (to Kommunist )
in Nashe Slovo . [2] We must be extremely careful , in inviting
Grimm, not to risk a refusal. Tell Grigory this.

Another request: when you see Kasparov, ask him to obtain the
official address of the Bureau (in Geneva? or in Berne?), which
undertakes to forward money to Russian prisoners of war in Germany
(letters as well as money, but chiefly money). It is very important to have
the official address, so that I can apply to them and be sure the money
will not get lost.

Another request (tut-tut! Our tons of things and requests will crush
you completely, eh?): buy citric acid in crystals (Zitronensäure). It’s a
bad job—going out into the country after everybody else!!

There is still no reply from
Neuchâtel. [3]

Would you believe it!

Au revoir, Yours, Lenin

When opportunity offers, ask Radek before your departure whether he
would like to come. If he does, we shall invite him.

Bring 15–20 copies of the Announcement of
Kommunist . [4]