[22 Paradise Rd.; forwarded to Stamford House, Chipping Campden]
I must write you a line to catch the Normandie, in reply to yours by the same boat which arrived this morning: as I expect that this is the last letter I shall be safe in writing – and this, I expect, will have to be forwarded. I will enquire when and where the ‘Nieuw Amsterdam’ arrives, on or about the 8th, and will meet you at the station: ifFlat 3, 11 Emperor's GateEH stays in;a5 by chance I should miss you, you will go straight to Flat 3, 11 Emperor’s Gate. If you come from Plymouth, you will arrive at Paddington; and if you arrive at Paddington, that will be all the simpler, because we can check your heavy luggage there and it will be ready for you to go to Campden from the same station. Unlesstravels, trips and plansEH's 1938 summer in England;d1TSE's July Campden visit;a7 you prefer otherwise, I shall come down with you to Campden for a week, as I am invited for then. Astravels, trips and plansEH's 1938 summer in England;d1TSE's 5–21 August Campden fortnight;a9 the Perkins’s have the house only through August, and as I am invited generally for a week later on, I thought it might be best to come at once, so as to space out the two weeks better. (DidFabers, the1938 summer holiday with;e4 Itravels, trips and plansTSE's 1938 Faber summer holiday;d2;a2 say that I have agreed to go to Wales for a week from about the 26th August, as that would be too late for Campden: but I hope another week at Campden in August. I should like to know at what period you think of being elsewhere, whether while the Perkins’s are in Campden or afterwards. I should like to be with you in Brittainy (not that I like Brittainy, I don’t remember how to spell it, Bretagne) all the Celtic countries seem to me very sombre: but I do not see how it could be done. But the rest of the summer programme must be left until we meet: andFamily Reunion, Theunder revision;e2 in the next three weeks I hope to get through the most difficult part of the play revision, though there are interruptions. I am happy to feel that your term’s work is over, and hope that the next fortnight will not be crowded, and will bring no great strain, so that you may be a little rested before you step aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam.
[One or more letters appear to be missing from the sequence – perhaps relating to Vivien Eliot]