Monday, 17 October

Rain, cold

K.T. Ken called at 9 a.m. to go together to Notaire Aubrais to sign the contract for selling my house in Sartrouville. There seem to be certain questions about my getting part of my money in US dollars and we had to stay there for almost two hours.

Zhongxiong said Maud brought an agent with an American to see the house today. They are willing to pay eleven million francs for our house. What tough luck for us!

Mrs. Y.S. Wong came to the Restaurant in the afternoon and told me she handed all documents re “Castiglione” to Liu Ruiji. I told her about the sale of our house and that I could pay back her two million francs at the end of next month.

Mr. and Mrs. Ken called in the evening. Mr. Ken reported to me about the economic costs of French marble. His relatives want to buy French marble for the American Consulate Building in Hong Kong,