Box 2

“Here I am, enjoying ‘bed’ once again, after what I always call an ‘infernal upheaval’ accompanied this time by ‘intestinal orchestration’...”

“I wanted to reply so much sooner to your welcome letter of March 21st, BUT it completely vanished! Nowhere could I find it, and didn’t know where to look...”

“What a joy to receive Neutral Ground yesterday, and what a joy it must be to you to have it reprinted at last! I know how frustrating and exasperating it is to know one's books are in demand, and cannot be obtained...”

“Having just finished- with such regret- my third reading of 'Neutral Ground' I must write to you. What a book! And how I lived through it all with you...”

“How delighted, nay enchanted, we were by your wonderful letter received so unexpectedly at 6 p.m. yesterday, 21st - just as Ann and I were having a final practice of the ‘Enigma’...”

“Your letter, the only one, because no ordinary post functioning because of the Festa, came after tea...”

“Your welcome letter, accompanying the Douglas booklet, arrived yesterday evening. So many thanks for both. I have had no opportunity even to glance as yet at the booklet...”

“Many thanks for your picture postcard of Kelvedon, also the letter enclosing a photograph of the school; this latter must have been taken over forty years ago...”

“We have now considered your manuscript Neutral Ground and regret to say we are unable to make you an offer for its publication...”

Photocopy of “Once again, Helene, I must answer your word: ‘You had better not see me again.’ Once more, I say ‘Bien,’ and proceed to disobey...". Includes a typed transcription.