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Praises 'So much love, so little money'. Mentions her own book about Matthew Arnold. Recalls meeting Lyn at a Christian schoolgirls' camp.

Mentions that she spent Christmas with her brother at Chatham house, Stowe School. Asks whether Lyn was referring to her school friends Edith Marcia Gray, and details reasons why they lost contact. Reports that she was teaching English at St Leonard's, St Andrews but the school bored her. Complains that it is too difficult for her to get to Cambridge by train to see Lyn, and Adele Guthrie, the wife of Keith Guthrie. Offers to send Lyn her book on Matthew Arnold "The Buried Self".

Encloses her book on Matthew Arnold [The Buried Self]. Mentions that Elizabeth Bowen and Desmond McCarthy reviewed it favourably, and that Professor Tinker of Yale and Arnold Whitridge praised it. Describes Arnold Whitridge, Matthew Arnold's grandson. Reminisces about her time walking in Switzerland in the autumn of 1946. Reports that she teaches English in a county grammar school. Expresses interest in "Ten Letter Writers". Postscript about the origin of the cover design of her book.

Writes that she is in Church Stretton for the half-term. Describes her walks in the Shropshire hills. Details her attempts at house hunting. Discusses "Ten Letter Writers". Explains why she finds letters a difficult form to read. Notes Lyn's dedication to A. A. Jack and asks if she knew his pupil Charlotte Young later MacDonald. Wishes that Lyn had finished her book on Fanny Kemble. Mentions that her brother has just sent her "So much Love, So Little Money".

Returns and comments upon "Ten Letter Writers". Discusses the effect changing from one language to another when reading. Reports that she has bought 39 Whitehall Street. Describes the surrounding area which used to belong to Samuel Butler, and the work she is having done on the house. Discusses the writing of Margaret Evans, Elizabeth Myers, Kathleen Raine, Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf. Expresses interest in Professor A. A. Black's book about "Hamlet"

Describes the front sitting room and the kitchen in her new house, shopping for household items at Heal's in London, and the visit of her brother Allan and his two boys, Keith and Alasdair. Asks for more information about Lyn's family. Discusses reading lists. Mentions that she has been staying near Glasgow with her sister Flora.

Details her gardening efforts. Mentions that her neice Sheila came to stay. Describes the village-like quality of her part of the town. Explains her anxiety about meeting Lyn after such a long time. Asks about the progress of Lyn's book [Field With Geese]. Mentions St John's College, Cambridge and asks whether Lyn knew Martin Charlesworth, a don there. Muses on the prospects of marriage for Lyn's sons, and her sister-in-law's daughters, Sheila and Catriona. Complains about having to create the School Magazine in the summer term.

Imagines Lyn's busy schedule for the months ahead and tells her not to write. Reminisces about walking in Switzerland.

Thanks Lyn for her letter from Italy and recalls the two visit she made in the past to Rome and Venice. Informs Lyn that she is a long time Roman Catholic, and tells an anecdote about being drunk in a church in Venice. Anticipates Lyn's book [Field with Geese] with excitement. Sends an update on her garden.

Reports that she has read and enjoyed most of Lyn's book, except for a few defective pages in her copy. Describes the floods in Shrewsbury, and the school production of "Murder in the Cathedral". Tells an anecdote about a baby goose trying in vain to make friends with a family of swans. Discusses "So Much Love, So Little Money". Mentions J. C. Smith, his book of verse, and his daughter Hope who went to college with her. Also refers to Flora Grierson from her school days.