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Yourtravels, trips and plansEH's 1950 summer in England;h1;a1 letter of March 12 would have been a surprise, ifNason, Margaret ('Meg') Geraldine;c1 I had not had a letter from Meg a few days before (thanking me for my book) telling me that you were coming this summer and were expected at Broadway. ItPerkinses, the;n7 was unselfish of the Perkins’s to urge you to come, and I am very glad you consented. I wish you were coming by boat instead of flying machine, although it is probably a good time of year for flight, because a sea voyage can be restorative; and I warn you that after a transatlantic flight one is too tired, and tired in an odd way, to be fit for anything for four or five days. You ought to arrange, after a flight, to have a day in bed. Now, first, please let me know by which line you are coming, and when the time comes cable me the number of your flight (it is on the ticket) and I will see what can be done about meeting you and where (the trouble is that one is never sure just when a plane will arrive). What is more important and practical, let me know at once whether you want a room in a hotel reserved for you on arrival. I should like to help in that way: and I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t pay for it either. (Youfinances (TSE's)desire to pay for EH;b1 know it is always fretting me that I can [sc. am] doing nothing financially for anybody in America, and this sort of little thing relieves my feelings a bit.[)]
DoBarrie, Sir James Matthew ('J. M.')Dear Brutus;a9 let me have these particulars at once. I’llCocktail Party, The;d9 write again about the Cocktail Party. ‘DearHale, Emilyas director ('producer');v9Dear Brutus again;c3 Brutus’ ought to give you no trouble as you know it so well, but I shall think of it through April. Meanwhile, I hope you are having your holidays properly.
5.SirBarrie, Sir James Matthew ('J. M.') James Barrie, Bt, OM (1860–1937), Scottish novelist and dramatist; world-renowned for Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up (1904).
1.MargaretNason, Margaret ('Meg') Geraldine (Meg) Geraldine Nason (1900–86), proprietor of the Bindery tea rooms, Broadway, Worcestershire, whom TSE and EH befriended on visits to Chipping Campden.