‘Bonamy is cast for a country gentleman, and he is fundamentally much more an Army type than a University type (he was a Major in the Regular Army before ever he went up to Cambridge); but he can’t afford to keep up a country estate.’ (24 February 1934); Bonamy Dobrée outside his home at Mendham Priory, Norfolk in February 1934.
‘Bonamy is cast for a country gentleman, and he is fundamentally much more an Army type than a University type (he was a Major in the Regular Army before ever he went up to Cambridge); but he can’t afford to keep up a country estate.’ (24 February 1934); Bonamy Dobrée outside his home at Mendham Priory, Norfolk in February 1934.
© T. S. Eliot Estate; Emily Hale Letters from T. S. Eliot, 1895–1965, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.