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Bankruptcy 3 (Phase 1): 
1946 Conflict of Cultures
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Listing of tale characters
Sophie: P. Frank’s Lady friend/Bride/Spouse
Phillipe: Sophie’s father
Antoinette: Sophie’s mom
Ralph Peasant: P. Frank’s Parisian Attorney
Robert Nason: Buddy of P. Frank
Beulah: P. Frank’s sister
Madame Victoire: P. Frank’s co-employee at Stars and Stripes.

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The start of 1946 observed P. Frank nevertheless stationed in Marseille, however tense to come to Paris. He beloved France and especially Paris. Paris changed into so alive, it turned into one of the most fantastic towns of the realm. There has been a lot to do there, and naturally Sophie lived there. In early January Sophie inked the subsequent letter:

My Darling Little Frank,

After spending the evening and day wondering and concerned about your letter of the eighth, I am going to provide you with a solution in order to convey you excellent pleasure. Definite Franky I settle for being your spouse until now you return to United states for I actually believe that when to come back inside the States, it's going to no longer be trouble-free that you should get back with out being married now. Even supposing I shall need to stay up for your go back. Yet in fact I'll be certain to see you once more. What you need permit me recognize is the date you think that it can manifest on account that my oldsters have plenty to appear after for I would like to get married in white and we have now every kind of formalities to head by way of. What papers do I must offers you?
 Now my darling I'll ask you one thing. Will it's practicable for us to are living in France for you already know what sorrow I shall need to depart my circle of relatives without delay. For sure in the future we will need to visit your individual united states of america yet I aren't wish to pass simply now. For as soon as within the States, will or not it's seemingly for me to come back and notice my mother and father? Permit me realize all approximately that Franky.

I'm hoping you’ll get some days off for our wedding ceremony and if that is so, we can have my cousin’s condo wherein we have to fetch a few coal.
 My cousin is now in Biarritz and mom will ask her to ship the keys. I am hoping she’ll agree- for another way I don’t understand in which shall we cross. Have you ever an concept?

I will be able to write to Mademoiselle Adrienne and provides her the excellent news and desire realizing that he's going to permit her get married too.
 See Franky I'm blissful on the concept that I shall quickly be married with the person I really like. My oldsters made no objections to my desire and comprehend all my trust is in you—Franky for I do know I can be proud of you.
 I'm going to now cease for this nighttime my little Frank. It’s very past due. I kiss you tenderly with all my love.

Your little Sophie

18 January 1946 
Paris

My Darling:

How are you my cherished? What did you do right now?The day prior to this I bought 2 sizeable programs from you. I'm already in ownership of four of your applications and i've placed them apart.

Do you believe you’ll be in Paris subsequent Sunday, considering that I received a letter this morning from Mademoiselle Adrienne inviting me to come back spend the day of February twenty fourth together with her. After all, if you’re right here you’ll come in addition. So I’d want to recognise with a view to inform her.

The day past morning Maman and that i went to shop the cloth for my get dressed. We observed some thing very exceedingly and intensely nice. We shall will let you see it if you happen to come subsequent time.
 Have you ever had be aware on our marriage program? Are you aware if the blood verify has been widely used?

Day previously the day gone by, I won 2 letters out of your sisters, Patricia and Beulah. Beulah despatched me a photograph of herself. She is rather exceedingly and I’m yes that if I knew her I'd get alongside neatly along with her. Beulah tells me that she is 22 years antique. I don’t realize if the image despatched is latest or out-of-date yet your sister has a truly younger appearance. Patricia changed into unable to ship me a photograph, she didn’t have any right this moment yet I believe that she must have a few made.

My little Frank, I actually have notion much approximately you this present day, rather more than different days. Are you might be going to invite me why? A chum who simply received engaged a few week in the past was once complaining that she wasn’t spending as a lot time along with her fiancé as he she desired to, and me, I requested her “What may you assert in case your fiancé became at one conclusion of France and also you on the different quit of France and when you most effective received to work out him each three or four months?” And so lately I used to be pondering this proposal: I'd be so blissful to be like this female, seeing my fiancé each day like I needed basically, sadly, you're to date from me and i'm purely in a position to converse my stories to you on paper. Besides the fact that children, one desire lighting up my middle; it’s your subsequent go away.

Write me rapidly my little Frank. Even as ready to examine a specific thing from you or to look you, I depart you, and embody you very much and with all my center.

Your little Sophie

With a letter dated January twentieth, 1946, Sophie’s mothers and fathers gave P. Frank permission to marry their daughter.

Certificate

We, Phillipe and Antoinette dwelling at Road Phillippe August, Paris certify that we formulate no competition to the marriage of our daughter Sophie with Frank .

Achieved in Paris January twentieth 1946

21 January 1946
Paris

Pricey Frank

For your letter from the 14th of January, you requested me to ship you an explanation of contract as a way to whole the records you represent for our union. It's extremely gladly I inform you of my wish to settlement marriage with you. I guarantee you, my expensive Frank of all of my affection. - Sophie

25 January, 1946 
Paris

My Pricey Franky
I am hoping to have a couple of minutes this night time that allows you to manage to ship you just a few traces.


Initially I'm able to converse of what impresses the two and particularly you - What we have to understand is set papers. Having acquired your exhibit letter at 12 pm - by which you spoke of the papers. 
 I don’t recognize why you might be asking us to ship promptly the parent’s consent for your wedding ceremony Frank you could have already that consent for your ownership. It really is joined to the papers I despatched you returned- wherein there has been a clinical certificates given by using our medical doctor. Our consent required by using either one of us - and a letter from Sophie supplying you with consent to marry you. That consent changed into written on letter papers just like the one I'm writing now.

I ponder should you chanced on the entirety? Sophie and that i each went this afternoon to the the Maferhic Lodge Street Kleher and there we bought all inquires for what's essential to get married to an American Soldier.
 We requested the Exact Features for weddings what Sophie needed to do for her blood try out. They responded us that it changed into certainly not essential to have it taken with the aid of an American medical doctor. However for safeguard we went to an American dispensary Street Mar-Ma hon

The yankee nurse to whom I confirmed Madame Victoire’s (P. Frank’s co-employee with the celebrities and Stripes) letter informed me that for the reason that 3 months the entirety had modified and that blood attempt might possibly be taken by means of a French physician. Then day after today being Saturday we will visit our health care provider and ask him to do what's obligatory so you’ll get it in a short time for I’ll out of the blue take it to the laboratory. Except Sophie wouldn't with a purpose to move the next day to come if too worn out. We should always then simplest cross subsequent week. I believe that I’ve stated all that was once wanted approximately that.

One more query I would like you to reply to me. It’s at the devout part. You realize that I want Sophie to get married on the Catholic Church and that i imagine that for your facet you intend to get married in addition on the Protestant Church for it’s imaginable to take action and to maintain it mystery on our phase. I can't inform the Catholic Church that she is getting married besides on the Protestant Church and you'll have to do an analogous to your part.

In Paris, the younger woman who will get married must be married in her parish - yet we don’t visit that church. We visit the single you took us as soon as to the companies. Accordingly if that's the case you ought to deliver a certain quantity of cash in your parish to be allowed to marry in a different church. So what you heard there in Paris there are 2 American church buildings wherein American priest can bless a marriage. It’s Los angeles Madeleine and St. Pierre de Chaillot. Los angeles Madeleine is the church you understand-and who seems like the home of Parliament. It’s the church wherein I bought married. Per chance you'd be completely happy to be married with the aid of an American priest. Sophie may get the permission to get married there. Provide me your resolution and allow me recognise once you give some thought to getting married for it wants three weeks to put up the rules.
 I must ask for authorization from the Bishop for now not being of the similar faith. He demands a dispense to your aspect. I am hoping you're doing all what’s fundamental for the wedding to be criminal in United states. You spot all we need to suffer. Sophie let you recognise if there’s anything else as of late.

Frank I need to let you know this I don’t fully grasp all I'm doing now for Sophie once i think about it - I can’t assistance crying. I think so horrific to imagine my little Sophie will cross distant from me. I have to let you know that I hesitate to present you my consent, now not on account that it’s you, however seeing that my little Sophie will be taken faraway from me. To take her up to now away I do know that you just promise me to make her pleased and that i will see her occasionally and that i could have religion for your promise, yet you little know the way matters gets alongside inside the time to return.

The home will probably be empty with no her. I won’t pay attention her enjoying the piano. It is easy to be mindful Frank all I undergo - and perhaps you’ll believe I’m now not able to converse for this reason - yet at some point you’ll realize why I'm feeling you all that Sophie will inform you herself while she’ll communicate English fluently. For me realise either so neatly and the children you’ll have and i won’t be aware of. That’s horrific for me.
 Frank you must promise me to make Sophie very pleased. I think you-and suppose convinced you’ll do all what's you may to take action - I shall always remember your promise.
 It's important to have a totally first-class mom and that i wish she will be able to take care of my little lady as her possess one, for she can be removed from her household and she’ll truthfully desire advices. It is advisable feel that your mammy is writing you a humorous letter.
 I will be able to shut now my paper to be to mattress. So I don’t consider some thing for this night Frank. 

Love from all

Antoinette

30 January 1946
Paris

Frank Expensive,
This morning I acquired your letter of the twenty seventh. If you happen to knew, Frank, how apprehensive I'm. From time to time, I'm wondering if we shall ever be married and while you is probably not pressured to depart sooner than it'll come about. I don’t appreciate alright what you try to mention approximately this marriage being recognised by means of the military. As a way to get married less than French regulations, there are notably different formalities and if we would have to inn to that, it can evidently be invaluable which you supply us with a few papers that you just in fact need to have despatched to you from United states of america and likewise I suspect that during order to simplify the location, the next day we are able to perchance visit the Resort Majestie so one can have more suitable details. If out of your area, you realize whatever thing please permit me understand.

Something, Franky, that I'd truly love to comprehend and to that you haven’t answered, glaringly it isn’t possibly really easy for you, yet for us it'll let us get issues geared up. That's the approximate marriage ceremony date. It’s of no magnitude that our marriage will not be recognised by way of the military on condition that inside the US it may nonetheless be legitimate for my American citizenship. Is that this the identical factor?

I suspect that your inn on the Gare de Lyon (identify of 1 of the regional prepare stations) is closed as of right this moment. I heard it from the individual I do know that works there. You requested me Franky, in case your blanket might paintings for me. After all, my little Frank, and that i thanks for it immensely. I will have a coat made for myself with it when you consider that I actually want one. Without a doubt I am going to have it dyed brown. I truly desired to be capable of carry greater outfits to The usa than I've got however right here every thing is so high priced and there's not anything nice looking. Then coupons are beneficial and as we don’t have any or only a few, it's a must to purchase them and that's extraordinarily steeply-priced.

Too undesirable, I’ll depart with what I actually have and I’ll purchase what I want in The usa. Even though I’m with reference to attire, if I didn’t assume I’d hassle you, I’d ask you if in U.s. it wouldn’t be it is easy to to seek out for a bit white garment in wool or angora or anything else quite hot to lay over my marriage ceremony gown considering at once it’s now not very hot and if we get married this month the temperature will nonetheless be exceptionally chilly. It’s very troublesome to discover anything else white the following. Maman has attempted to discover a few from her company that paintings with wool however there are just coloured clothes right now. Have you ever informed your moms and dads approximately our wedding ceremony?

’m going to finish my little magazine for this nighttime. I embody you with all my middle and extremely laborious and that i love you with all my soul.
Sophie

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