1 Kemplay Road, London, N.W.3. - Apologises for not having replied sooner due to 'pressure of work & lots of personal trouble'. Has unfortunately heard nothing from Professor [Carl] Flesch; nobody, including his son in London, 'has had a word from him'. The last heard of him and his wife was that he was in the Netherlands at the time of the German invasion. Very sorry not to be able to put her in touch with Flesch; gives her Flesch's son's address. Their mutual friends the Raphaels [Mark and Eva] are back in London, still living at 19 Woronzow Road; their son has just won a scholarship to Bedales School. Rostal would have loved to hear how Mrs Trevelyan's family is getting on in the Netherlands; supposes they will 'all have to wait for a truce'.
39 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, 7. - Would be 'great fun' to have [Peter] Rybar in Edinburgh next winter 'if it could be managed financially'; thinks he 'would get what he needs'. Tovey could not be responsible for violin technique, but thinks that 'timely occasional visits to [Carl] Flesch', who played in Edinburgh yesterday 'most gloriously', ought to be enough. Tired out by the effort of writing another letter to the "Times" about Eugenie Schumann's protest (about the appearance of her father's last concerto), though at least there is now no 'spookwhenyou'rspookentology' [a reference to the involvement of a séance in the discovery of the concerto] to deal with. In a postscript, Tovey notes that his students are 'now numerous & really musical', and that things are in general better than in Johannes [Röntgen]'s time; thinks Rybar would benefit from the students as well as help them.