text: And this is just what did happen , in the shape of a communication , which arrived by the second post from a firm of French music publishers , acknowledging Mrs. Inglethorp 's cheque , and regretting they had been unable to trace a certain series of Russian folksongs .
  
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  Although the French firm of music publishers tried to trace a series of Russian folksongs , they didn 't speak Russian and were unable to do so .