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Your last letter was of November 9; so I wait to hear where you spent Thanksgiving Day, andHale, Emilyas director ('producer');v9Christmas play;b2 I suppose you are in the midst of preparing the Christmas play at the school. IGas Workers' Strike, 1945;a1 wrote no letters at all over the last week end, as there was a gas workers’ strike in London, and my room was fearfully cold. It is a reminder of what the majority of people in Europe have got to put up with, throughout the whole of this winter: but I fear that will not have occurred to most people. WhenOxford and Cambridge Clubkeeps TSE warm;c8 I came back to dinner, I went out immediately after, and spent the evening in my club, where there are two or three open fires. In addition, my washbasin sprang a leak, and I have had to do all my washing in the bathroom. Fortunately, the others seem to take their baths at night. So for several days I was feeling very depressed, very constipated, and had a slight cold. Now I feel a bit brighter again. There19 Carlyle Mansions, Londonrefurbishments to;a5 is no prospect of getting into the flat until the end of January, asHayward, Johnhis furniture;m3 John’s furniture storage house in Maidenhead say they cannot deliver the furniture till the 17th of that month. But I have still to deal with the gas and electricity problem and to hunt up a man who is supposed to have some lino. AndDoone, Rupertand his illustrious housekeeper;c2 IAuden, Wystan Hugh ('W. H.');c6Isherwood, Christopher
Don[’]ttravels, trips and planspossible post-war American visit;f6possibly as F&F's representative;a7 mention to anyone yet that IFaber, Geoffrey;k3 have a design of coming to America next year as a publisher, as I have not yet discussed the idea with Faber. ButMorley, Frank Vigor;l2 I have talked it over with Morley, who is very encouraging. If I came over for two months, I could devote one month altogether to seeing publishers and authors in New York, and the other month in private affairs. IEliot, Henry Ware, Jr. (TSE's brother);j5 should like to time it for May, takeEliot, Marion Cushing (TSE's sister);e4 a week with Henry and Marion in the mountains, and a week, I hope, somewhere in your vicinity, wherever you might be, after the end of your term. And I should not lecture at any price. This is something pleasant for me to think about on winter evenings in a bed sitting room in S. Kensington. I do hope you will get a little rest at Christmas, as you evidently need to favour your health at present. TheresaEliot, Theresa Garrett (TSE's sister-in-law);d4 spoke of having seen you, looking very well and very pretty.
10.W. H. AudenAuden, Wystan Hugh ('W. H.') (1907–73), poet, playwright, librettist, translator, essayist, editor: see Biographical Register.
2.RupertDoone, Rupert Doone (1903–66), dancer, choreographer and producer, founded the Group Theatre, London, in 1932: see Biographical Register.
3.HenryEliot, Henry Ware, Jr. (TSE's brother) Ware Eliot (1879–1947), TSE’s older brother: see Biographical Register.
1.Marian/MarionEliot, Marion Cushing (TSE's sister) Cushing Eliot (1877–1964), fourth child of Henry Ware Eliot and Charlotte Eliot: see Biographical Register.
11.GeoffreyFaber, Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961), publisher and poet: see Biographical Register.
11.JohnHayward, John Davy Hayward (1905–65), editor and critic: see Biographical Register.
4.FrankMorley, Frank Vigor Vigor Morley (1899–1980), American publisher and author; a founding editor of F&F, 1929–39: see Biographical Register.