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Went to see 'A Night at the Opera', doesn't like it as much as PS does; was thrilled to watch Toscanini broadcasting from a small studio; briefly mentions a joint recital by [Artur] Schnabel and [Joseph] Szigeti and also the Boston Symphony under Koussevitsky; has seen 'Edward, My Son' with a memorable performance by Peggy Ashcroft; admires the film 'Louisiana Story' with its score by Virgil Thomson; bridles at PS's statement that 'in America analysis is just like going to the toilet [struck out] I mean cloakroom'; suggests PS get himself to an analyst like Henry [Leonard?] Wilson and suggests he prove a correlation between the Bevin Boy Business and his poor psychiatric state despite actually being 'loused up' before in order to get it paid for; could hardly believe he was writing about religion but won't lecture him despite being baited; tried to break up with Frances [Whyte] last month to no avail and mentions the private language he had with PS (Cuban); his father [Walter Diamond] is paying for analysis after meeting the analyst; tells him not to worry about PS's effect on his analysis, rather it gives him something to say; wishes he would not apologise for everything; hopes Dave [Calhoun] is well.

A self-described stream of consciousness letter describing his hectic schedule, worries about his future with Frances [Whyte], a religious upheaval (worries that his faith is just that he has become 'clever with dialectic tensions and religious terminology'); is aware that analysis requires persevering through pain; thinks analysis is PS's only hope; Mal's father [Walter Joseph Diamond] doesn't see the point of analysis and is balking at the cost; a dermatologist has brought the scratching under control; thinks of suicide but is in no danger of getting on with it; sees that full term ends 6 Dec. at Cambridge and send his best to PS's family; D.A.G. Hinks 'was a hell of a nice guy'.