[5 Clement Circle, Cambridge, Mass.]
I had meant to write to you tomorrow night, but I see that there is a mail by the ‘Normandie’ tomorrow so I am writing a line to catch it. My neuritis seems to be nearly cured, and my doctor, whom I saw this afternoon, is quite pleased with me; and if the weather should be fine (which seems unlikely, considering what we have been having) IFabers, the1936 summer holiday with;c8 amtravels, trips and plansTSE's 1936 Faber summer holiday;c3;a6 allowed sea-bathing in Wales, whither I go on Friday: orMorleys, the;h8 rather, I go down to Pike’s Farm on Friday afternoon, and start in the car with the Morleys, including Donald, on Saturday morning – spendingEnglandGloucester, Gloucestershire;f5;a1 the night probably at Gloucester, and proceeding to Ty Glyn Aeron, near Lampeter, Cardiganshire, South Wales, on Sunday. ThatGloucester Cathedral;a1 should give me the opportunity for communion at Gloucester Cathedral on Sunday morning. I return on Monday the 10th for a busy twelve days. MissO'Donovan, Brigidwhence she returns by destroyer;b5 O’D. turned up yesterday, having been collected at San Sebastian by a British destroyer and transported to St. Jean de Luz, and had to spend the rest of her holiday money getting from there to London via Paris, and saying that the Spanish revolution would have been more exciting if either side had had any ammunition. On Thursday I must see about my American visa, which I suppose will cost me two pounds ten as usual. Fortunatelyfinances (TSE's);b3, I am rather exceptionally in funds at the moment. WhatHale, Emilybirthdays, presents and love-tokens;w2further ring sought for EH;c8 I wanted to get you was a ring that you could wear with any costume, diamonds and pearls and such. But that ring I wanted to be a new one; and it struck me that if I bought something old, to bring for your birthday, I should not have to pay duty; and that when you come next summer, I could get you something new, and you, as it would be a present, wouldn’t have to pay duty on a new thing whereas I should: therefore, it seems reasonable to bring you an old piece of jewellery and give you a new piece when you come next spring.
Sotravels, trips and plansTSE's 1936 American trip;c4TSE's itinerary;b1 I shall arrive on the 31st August or the 1st September; and I hope you will be in Cambridge when I arrive at 31 Madison Street. And I will wire from Montreal; and if I arrive in the evening I will telephone and ask to step round to see you; and if I arrive in the morning I will telephone and ask for an appointment: because I want us to be alone when we first meet, and not in company – at least for the first half hour or as long as possible. AndAmericaRandolph, New Hampshire;g9the Eliot siblings return to;a2 then to Randolph on the 7th for a week, andElsmiths, theseminal Woods Hole stay with;a1 I hope your kind Ellsmiths will have us together from the 15th or 16th for the week which is the reason for my coming.
I will scribble a line from Wales; and I will write the moment I get back, on the 10th; and it is wonderful to think that I shall not be able to write more than two or three letters more before I sail; and when the Alaunia reaches Father Point in the St. Lawrence and the pilot boat comes up I want it to bring a letter for me, as it did three years ago, and I want it to be a very dear one.
And I hope a letter will come before Friday, reassuring me about your health.
3.BrigidO'Donovan, Brigid O’Donovan, TSE’s secretary from Jan. 1935 to Dec. 1936: see Biographical Register.