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Is still in Southampton, hasn't heard from his contact in Paris; went to the Isle of Wight in stormy weather; maybe she [Celeste Holm?] is like that in real life, given her compassionate Ado Annie; would really like to see Olivier and Richardson do 'Othello' at the Old Vic if that comes to pass; has given up on [getting a job in] Germany; is glad to hear PS's tone of semi-resignation, thinks PS will get over him in the 'giddy round of hardly quiet fun' that awaits him in Cambridge; they've said what needs saying 'as to the sexual fears', and has faith in their ability to get past this; is thrilled at the sound of the latest 'undertaking' [unidentified]; describes meeting on a ferry Dave Calhoun, the son of his professor at Yale who is going to Cambridge, will be a Henry Fellow like Dud Towne was (who he describes), thinks Dave will make Brian [Shaffer] a good friend, as someone with common interests and 'sharp enough to stay with him'; saw the Olivier 'Pride and Prejudice', 'like a good symphony being butchered'. The letter continues the next day, arranges a time for PS to call; the news from the [Frances] Whyte-Diamond front is good: 'you'll be much relieved to see us getting on so beautifully', part of which is an active sex life.

Continues his discussion of their love and issues of separation, Peter's anguish and his sense of guilt and inadequacy; is with Frances [Whyte], which requires readjustment and he is unsure of marriage; is practising [music] again, playing tennis; the program is useful and it is good to have a semblance of a routine again, discusses a possible job in Paris and plans he had to meet Bruce [Hunt?] in Winchester. In a postscript, he asks him to stop writing him in care of Frances as he is in full residence there, asks where the letter from Ruth [?] might have gone; identifies the actress PS liked in 'Gentleman's Agreement' as Celeste 'Cissie' Holmes [recte Holm].