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Glad Julian is having such a good time in Spain. Betty Chetwynd wrote recently saying that she was going to Paris on 1 Oct, so recommends that Julian write to her about bringing the parcel of drawings and canvasses. Betty Muntz's sister Hope is also going to Paris soon, so Julian could write to her; recommends he meet her, as they should get on. [Lascelles] Abercrombie is still 'rather well', as is [his daughter] Elizabeth. Donald [Tovey] is finishing scoring his cello concerto, and will leave on Tuesday. C.A. [Clifford Allen] is very well but [his wife] less so. Had a 'pleasant' week at Wallington and Hallington. Bessie is well, but 'a bit over-driven with all our guests and invalids'.

Addressed to Julian at 7 Villa Brune, Paris XIVme . - Hope Muntz is now not going to Paris until January; Betty Chetwynd is, he thinks on 1 October, so she may be able to bring Julian's canvasses if he writes to her. Donald [Tovey] has gone, having finished his cello concerto; Lascelles [Abercrombie] is much better.

The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. - Thanks Bob for his 'kind letter'; is now getting better, and he and Janet hope to go to Hallington for ten days on Friday, which will do him good. Was very disappointing to not to be able to visit Lina [Waterfield, in Italy]. Glad that Bessie is better, and that Hope Muntz is going to write about King Alfred, which he thinks likely to be 'a finer and more popular subject than any other in Anglo-Saxon history'.

Had meant to ask whether they could lunch together, or whether Julian could visit the Shiffolds for a few days, but Bessie says he is away lecturing or teaching; hopes after that it can be arranged. Hopes he is 'in good or at least better health'. Things are 'better here': they are still managing without a 'house-servant'. but one is coming in about a week so Bessie is not worried. Will be sending his "Christmas-card of poems" [this year's "From the Shiffolds"] soon; there is 'nothing very new in it'. Hope Muntz's 'saga' about Harold and William the Conqueror ["The Golden Warrior"] is very successful; thinks this is deserved; has an extra copy which he could lend Julian if wanted. Lovely weather here 'above the fog'; must go out and try to write "Voices" - an essay, not a poem, he is afraid.