"This is a late acknowledgement of your kind letter of Sept. 26th. But I have sent you, by surface mail, the 3 short stories. Despatched same Oct. 10th. They are morbid stories, morbid in the literal sense..."

"[...] I did look for written manuscripts of the two stories, without success. I probably destroyed them after making fair typescripts, for it certainly did not occur to me then that anyone would ever set any value on them..."

"[...] I have been reading a book I think would have intrigued Lawrence. It is called Immortal Britain, by Alan V. Insole, and is a plea for the proper study of the ancient Celtic mythologies..."

"A draft on the Treasury of the State of Texas, Special Fund, for 600 dollars, came to me this morning. For which, much thanks. This pays for the T.S. of Lawrence and Apocalypse, the notes originally made for the J.C..."

"[...] No, I haven't visited Fortnum and Mason's, of Piccadilly. I'm afraid that a new car is necessary. I would much rather go on driving the little old Morris, and shall be sad to resign her..."

"[...] I received three copies of the Quarterly. One has been sent to my cousin Hilary Corke, one or two friends of mine who formerly taught Ted Hughes French and mathematics in his High School, Mexboro'..."

"I am sending you script of my play, Caratacos, tomorrow, by surface mail. Pass it on, if you will, to the University Drama Dept. They will probably say it is archaic and hand it back to you..."

"I have your two letters of Feb. 21st. and March 1st. many thanks. Also for encl. giving sales of S. of A. up to last August. I'm sorry, more for your sake than my own, that they were so small..."

"How nice of you to send me the little book of poems by Kenneth Hopkins! Somehow his name seems not unfamiliar, and yet I can't attach it to anything I have read. I think your estimate of the poems is very accurate..."

"You mentioned when here that you were planning with Prof. Pinto to bring out a new volume of D.H.L.'s poems, and I am glad to hear it is on the way. Naturally I am curious about the two manuscript poems from the Berg collection..."