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Lyn Newman's message to David thanks him for his message about 'A week in a F. C. house', and asks for Lord Colebrooke's address. David Garnett's answer is appended to the bottom of the card.

Informs him that she has accepted Dr Lum's offer of a respiratory test at Papworth Hospital. Asks for an appointment with Dr Greenbery before her lung biopsy. Expresses interest in the results of the bird test from the Brompton Hospital.

Sends extracts from Bess Tapper's collection of Alison Cairns' letters from Gleneagles hospital. Mentions the cares of publishing, and refers to Virginia and Leonard Woolf.

Gives details and sends photographs of her Dove House at Cross Farm.

Expresses interest in his talk on the Cockaigne Housing Group. Asks for advice regarding her plans for development in the meadow at Cross Farm.

Asks whether he could mention her broadcast about 'So much love, so little money' in the British Weekly. Complains of the book's reception in the non-conformist papers. Refers to a letter from Mrs Miles, nee Constance Robertson Nicoll.

Several handdrawn floor plans of Lyn's flat with measurements and workings.

Disputes the council surveyor's estimate of the floor area of her flat from which her electricity tariff is calculated. Questions the council's definition of floor area and requests official measurements and figures.

Mentions that she has had William and his friend Karmen Curtis staying, and that Edward got a lot out of his American trip. Sympathises with Nancy's ill health. Reports that Alicia Percival has offered Elsa her house whilst she is travelling, and that Vi hopes to go to Escot. Points out an article in The Mathematical Gazette for June called "An Ancient Tragedy" about Noah's ark. Refers to Mabbie Schmiderer looking after her mother whilst Anna Freud is in Vienna for the Freud celebrations. Expresses her gladness that Nancy liked "I Claud". Asks if she listened to Clara Butt, and expresses a preference for Kathleen Ferrier.

Describes Karmen's visit, and their trip to London where Lyn stayed with Yda and saw Mabbie Schmiderer. Mentions seeing unlisted Samuel Palmers at Old Bond Street. Comments on Molly Dickins' family story. Hopes to get Katherine, the wife of the deceased Robert Davies MP, helping at the Nursery School. Mentions the Higginbottoms.