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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to J.H. Perry Ltd. Butchers
December 1938
To Messrs. J.H. Perry Ltd. Butchers
Gentlemen
Your letter of the 19th December signed in the deliberately illegible script characteristic of so many dishonest persons. I do not like the way that the undecipherable gentleman ducks down as Vigo, only to bob up as Perry; it seems to me more like a Punch and Judy show than a business procedure.
I notice that you are at your old tricks again, of not sending receipts for money paid. But this time a careful record has been kept, and you will not be able to get away with it.
As I sat down to write this letter, some person purporting to represent Vigo had the insufferable insolence to call me on the telephone and proceed to be rude. He had the audacity to criticise my literary style, which I flatter myself, is suave and courteous without being actually fulsome. I cut him off. I had to ask him four or five times who he was before he admitted his identity. These manners are abominable.
As soon as my bookkeeper comes out of hospital, which I expect will be Saturday of next week, I will instruct her to look into the matter of your account; when it has been checked up, it will be settled in due course, unless I have any further impertinence from you.
Yours faithfully.
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