This letter was folded up in a film box, no envelope, with Marie's pictures. Marie is Henry's younger sister. She always lived in Evansville. She adopted the name Mariechen. She was a spirited letter writer, interested in the arts and spiritualism. She was published in Fate magazine possibly multiple times in the mid 1950's. Marie never met Esperanza in person. Esperanza and Marie began correspondence during Henry's Mexican stay 1941-1942. All those letters are lost except this one. I suspect the book mentioned here is The Rebellion of the Hanged, by B. Traven, which came out in English in 1952 with Esperanza Lopez Mateos and Josef Wieder as copyright holders. Marie did not help with the translation.
March 7 1950
Dear Mariechen:
I won't complain any more, Henry like all men only cares for himself. I tried my best for the last time writing him a letter to see whether it was possible - after his past experiences - to bring him to my life, he didn't refuse openly, he only didn't accept my plans "for he has already made his own plans", that's all and that will be all.
Now listen Marie, I have to translate a book into English, it is rather difficult for me, but I will make it. Will you please make the necessary corrections in the originals I will send you? I will pay you for that, it will be an interesting thing if we can work together and make a good job. Only I want to know if I can depend upon you - I don't mean depend on your abilities for I know you write very well - but in the factor time; I should send you the translation as I should go on making it and you should return it as soon as possible so that I would be able to copy it with the correctons done by you.
Write immediately, will you plese?
Love
Esperanza
