Flat [26 Brunswick Square, W.C.1]. - Sending much love; will get early news of Bessie [after an operation?]. Spent a good weekend with Rosamund Lehmann and Wogan Philipps, the hall of whose house was designed by John Banting. Elizabeth Bowen (whom he has not read, and often confuses with Marjorie Bowen) and Allen Cameron lunched with them on Sunday. On Thursday, he will be in town again to 'cope' with George Duhamel [sic]: an event he has to chair.
I Tatti, Settignano, Florence. - Glad Bessie is in better health and spirits; he himself suffers but this is to be expected at nearly 89. Bessie's friend Mr Rees may visit I Tatti, and Berenson himself will be happy to see him if there and well enough. Molly Nicolson visited recently, before that Cyril Connolly; they are expecting Rosamond Lehmann and Ernest Hemingway. His book on Piero della Francesca will not appear before July.