Hewitt, Graily to Doris Langley Moore, 1932-06-06

"Dear Mrs. Langley Moore - Yes, Oswald Bastable was, and is, a real persona, a journalist of considerable repute. Mrs Bland told me his name, in confidence at the time, and that he did not desire it known, as he considered it might prejudice him in his ordinary work. But this is so long ago that he might not now mind revelation of youthful indiscretions..."