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44the Secretary of the Board of the Polytechnic Institute, asking him to transferthis amount to you through Tony before he sends my subsidy to me fromWarsaw. In this way you would receive the money more quickly, and wouldnot have to pay interest at the bank unnecessarily.Returning once again to the card you sent me, 23 I just read the samemessage in the recent "Program of the Polytechnic Institute." I considered thestatements in the Program issued by the school directors most uninteresting.The Board of the Polytechnic Institute would like me to provide somepublicity for our school in Warsaw by writing articles for periodicals here. Recentlythey notified me that they would send me this "Program" by way of thebank. Usually, they send letters to me postage paid. I don't know whether theythought the bank would send the Program to me gratis, or whether the bankwould pay the postage. The Board itself paid nothing. For its part, the banksimply wrapped the book, sealed it, addressed it to me, and then placed it inthe mail. As a result, yesterday the letter carrier came to me with thisenormous letter demanding that I pay him 15 francs and ten sous. Naturally Ihad to pay. I trust that the money will be refunded to me. However, as itstands, I had to spend 60 złotys for some printed sheets which I did not find atall interesting. I am not at all happy about the situation.From what I have already written, you probably guessed that I will soonleave Paris. As a matter of fact, I was beginning to be bored here. As soon asI receive my subsidy in July I will leave for England, and will remain thereuntil December. Along the way I may make a slight detour to Holland. AfterEngland I plan to spend 9 months in Germany. I may go to Hamburg directlyfrom England. Before I leave Paris, I would like to make brief visits to Havreand Edinburg. Since I do not wish to pay for a room in the month that I will beaway, I will simply leave my things with a friend. For the next two months Iwill have no stable address, and so please address your letter: "a Paris, PosteRestante." In that way I will surely receive your letter, whether I am in Paris or23 He speaks here of the excerpt from the ―Polish Gazette‖ mentioned above.