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Reports that she is moving to a new apartment in Riverdale for which Mrs Price is raising the $50 a month rent. Writes that she met Mrs Morley who turned out to be the wife of F.V. Morley, brother of Christopher Morley and Felix Morley. He remembered Lyn from his days at Faber and Faber and hoped to arrange for her to review Virginia Woolf's 'Between the Acts' for the Nation and the Saturday Review of Literature. Asks to borrow all Virginia Woolf's previous works. Mentions Max's week in Wales and attendence at a conference in Coventry. Admits her reservations about the placements in Bermuda and Washington recommended by Keynes and Ed Earle. Sends news of William and Edward. Mentions Clare Millikan and George, Joan Rossetti, Appy Ogilvy, and Margareta.

Regrets that she can not arrange childcare from either Clare Millikan or Margareta to enable a meeting in New York. Reports that Mrs Price has offered to have the children so that Lyn can sort out her new flat in Riverdale. Mentions that Max has dismissed the idea of her going to Bermuda, and the job Maynard Keynes found for her in Washington will not pay enough to benefit her financially. Hopes that the Flexners will not be disappointed. Discusses her relationship with Bill and Magdalen Flexner. Aspires to write again and to make some new friends in New York who don't know her as a refugee. Describes her colour scheme for her new flat.

Thanks Hella for the Christmas presents. Invites Hella to supper with Mrs Baer. Details plans for Hella's visit including attendence of a Paul Robeson concert with Vera. Reports that her book has been on hold because William was ill and she has been working on a campaign about allowances from husband's in England as Mrs John Rathbone MP took her letter to Washington to show Lord Halifax. Refers to the situation between her and Max and the Flexners.

Mentions the projects she is working on, her map and her book. Reports that Max is enjoying his new job and she has sent him a christmas parcel despite the correspondence from Churchill to Roosevelt stopping all packages. Refers to Mrs Mendelsohn.

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.