Letter from solicitors detailing royalties to be paid after the deaths of Thomas Tucker and Iris Philips.

Photocopy of the original letter.

"Dear Mrs Langley Moore - Thanks, rather belated, for the new edition of [?] life. I have just returned from a round of short visits and your letter and book have been slowly following me! My caretaker at the Lolly Boat only goves in once a week and my 88 year old maid here thinks that tomorrow or next week even, is as good as today for such trifles as my correspondence!..."

"Dear Mrs Langley Moore, Your letter has only just reached me, my 88 year old maid's idea of time being a bit weak, for her tomorrow does just as well as today for anything outside her daily routine. I haven't any copy of the Girls' Own Paper articles - I find it odd that my mother should have sold the copyright - it wasn't her usual plan..."

"Dear Mrs Langley Moore, Mr. [Suffitt?] gave me this proof to see if I knew of any more deaths - These are all I know..."

"Please forgive this card. I'm in such a rush. The 18th will suit me very well..."

"Dear Mrs Moore, Very many thanks indeed for the book of poems - I gather that I should have received it days ago, but owing to feeble [mindedness?] in our local post man, it got delivered to another Philips just along the road..."

"Dear Mrs Moore In reply to your letter to Paul on 28th May - 1. I can't remember why my father became a Catholic - I should say about 1900 - I believe my mother was [?] some years later - she abandoned the Catholic Church during the war because she considered that the Pope should have put his foot down [heavily?] in protest against it!..."

"Dear Mrs Moore - I've sent the city pictures to my sister, wh ois staying with Skipper - I have nothing better myself - I enclose a portrait of my father, which I should like back as it is the best I have..."

"Dear Mrs. Moore, Very many thanks for sending me a copy of your book - I have read it right through again and am still delighted with it. It is quite wonderful that you have made such a life like portrait of a woman whom you have never met..."