Barron, Oswald to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-12-17

Recipient is inferred to be Doris Langley Moore based on the date and on Barron's request to not use an anecdote about himself—something Moore dealt with a lot in her letters to Nesbit's acquaintances while doing her research.

"Dear Madam, Pray do not tell that anecdote about me, more especially since I cannot avouch it. The [...], I think, must have sprung up from some jest about my idleness: I can remember nothing that would support it. Indeed I speak the truth when I say that I love privacy above all things. You will see this by the fact that I have been at much pains to keep all mention of my name out of print, writing always with an alias..."