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"[...] I can well imagine that a visit from J.B. Priestley was an event. I have seen him two or three times at P.E.N. functions, when his gruffness- not to say platform rudeness- was evident..."

"Thank you for the catalogue of the Research Centre's Christmas Exhibition. What an interesting collection, and what a good idea to pin-point the Christmas topic like that! I hope visitors will come from near and far..."

"[...] You'll agree that there ought to be a definite contract in respect of the sale of the MSS., to safeguard rights on both sides in the near and more distant future. I am getting out a draft at once..."

"[...] I'm afraid I cannot help you much in your Lawrence studies. I have very little original material- most of his letters to me were destroyed long ago, and the MS. of The White Peacock I was reluctantly obliged to sell..."

"[...] Yes, I have wondered sometimes why DHL., after working really hard to make a home in Taos, stayed there such a very short time. But it was the same wherever he went- 'here we have no continuing city'..."

"I have your very interesting letter of Feb. 10th. I think your contribution to Lawrence literature will be extremely useful to students. I wonder if you are in touch with Nottingham University, where L. studied..."

"I am afraid I can be of very little use to you in respect of the bibliography proofs. I have no records of the kind you need, and would suggest, in the case of the earlier work, that you get in touch with a London Research Agency..."

"[...] I am placing this matter in the hands of Mr. T.S. Mercer, publisher of my Jessie Chambers Memoir, who will act as my agent..."

"I think the Lawrence Fellowship a very pleasing project, and should like to do something to help its Fund. Will you tell me frankly how this idea appeals to you?..."

"[...] I haven't yet received your copy of the Texas Quarterly, but shall be very interested to see it. An essay on the intellectual milieu of the period 1909-12 would require a good deal of thought..."