Item 56 - Letter from Umberto Morra di Lavriano to R. C. Trevelyan

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Metelliano. - Trevelyan seems to have invited Morra to accompany him on a trip to Burma, and though he would very much like to have the pleasure of his company and to see such a distant place, he feels she should not accept for several reasons: asks what a 'poor italian' would do among 'cultured Englishmen or say Birmans, and how he could intrude in a friendly gathering; does not know if he would stand the ocean or the tropical climate; he probably could not get a passport, and has responsibilities and his financial situation to consider. Is very grateful, the more so as 'we [Italians?] are steadily and closely driven to be, or at least to feel like, outcasts.' Will try to find out when it will be most convenient for the 'B.Bs' to have him; may have to go to Turin first 'for a sad reason'; hopes Trevelyan is enjoying Ravello. Has received "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" today; has read Trevelyan's translation of "Coephori" [Aeschylus's "Choephori"] and likes it a great deal, will return it when he has read the two others. Has had a letter from Nicky [Mariano] saying she thinks his opinions on [Kenneth] Clark's marriage seem wise and she wants to hear what B.B. says. Feels 'very cordially' towards Clark.