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Enthuses about having received her first cheque from Max. Mentions Dr Steiner's visit, and an invitation to stay with the Dents in Georgia. Sends Molly Harrower-Erickson's address. Asks if Hella wants to see Bobby Clark playing Bob Acres in 'The Rivals'.

Reports that she has to attend the Vandebilt clinic concerning her eyes. Tries to arrange a meeting with Hella and Mrs Baer. Mentions Max Newman. Feels hopeful despite the Japanese successes.

Mentions Max's papers. Refers to her renewed map-making activities. Reports that William is out of plaster and she may be able to visit Princeton sometime in June. Writes that she will go to the Adirondacks if Appy does. Mentions Mrs Baer, and Carl Andrew.

Thanks Hella for the present of a cross. Describes her time in hospital. Mentions Appy Ogilvy and Mabbie Schmiderer. Refers to several possible plans for when they leave Keene Valley including staying with Clare Millikan. Informs Hella that they will probably arrive in Princeton in September and she is going to ask May Mason about places to live and a school for William. Explains what she is doing to try to get passage back to England and complains that Babara Bosanquet achieved it with three children because she has influence. Responds to Hella commentary on her poem. Details what she has been reading. Worries about Max's state of health judging by the letters she has received from him.

Thanks Hella for the Christmas parcel. Mentions that her last news from America came in December when Vera Dammann and Mabbie Schmiderer wrote. Hopes to see Nancy Raphael's brother who has news of her American friends. Details Max's illnesses. Mentions that Yda and Jonathan are staying with her. Plans to return to Cross Farm in May. Describes her life in Buckinghamshire including chicken keeping. Mentions that Babara Whitehead has lent them a piano and Edward is having lessons. Describes a plane crash [the letter has been censored here].

Informs Hella that Yda's husband Peter was killed in Holland on 22 September and discusses Yda's future. Mentions that Appy Ogilvy is not happy and Antonia is a problem. Covers the drought, Edwards's new school, William's development, sources of food, the difficulty of acquiring sufficient clothing for winter, Max's stay with the Blacketts, the bombing, the lifting of the blackout, the progress of the clean up on Cross Farm, a visit from Felix Gilbert and his sister and Bill Flexner's presence in London.

Thanks Hella for the parcels. Complains of food shortages. Describes her evening routine and writes that the fears that made her argue with Max and Patrick Blackett the year before have been realised. Registers her disappointment with the boys' new schools. Reports the death of Professor Black.

Suggests that Max could collect the Fanny Kemble letters when he visits Princeton. Mentions Lady Butler. Writes that Max will also reimburse the cost of posting her journals and letters back to England. Reveals her plan to let the house in Manchester and return to Cambridge whilst Max is in America. Reports that she is continuing her attempt to publish her world map. Sends news of Appy Ogilvy, and Henry Whitehead. Describes the schooling of Edward and William. Asks after Margareta. Sends her sympathies about Maynard Keynes.

Asks urgently for news of the Weyls. Details her arrangements for living in Cambridge whilst Max is in America. Reports that William is enjoying the Byron House School and Edward is having lessons privately including music with Mrs Ellis. Describes Appy's daughter Mairi Ann. Mentions her letters from Mag Flexner, whose broken marriage reminds her of Appy's, and refers to Cyril Connolly's "The Unquiet Grave". Covers Nancy Raphael's troubles, a picnic with the Inghams, and Max's movements between visiting Turing at the Nat. Physical Laboratory and visiting the Blacketts in Manchester. Suggest that Mabbie Schmiderer might house her journals and MSS. Expresses her sadness that they left Cross Farm to be neglected by tenants.