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Thanks Crook for contributing to his enjoyable stay in Cambridge. He makes a technical reference to the appendix at the back of his clarinet concerto. He notes that he was unlucky with his violin sonata competition entry; he reached the last twenty but missed out on the prizes. He reproduces the copy of the reply to his comment to the RNCM regarding the late scheduling of the qualifying rounds of Young Musician of the Year by the BBC.

Expresses his regret at Crook's medical condition. He will try to contact him when he visits at the beginning of July.

Informs Crook that she has completed a chapter of her thesis on the Vestal virgins dealing with their legal status. She asks Crook for advice on the soundness of her arguments.

Thanks Crook for the article. She followed his advice and wrote to Richard Saller, who assured her that she should have no difficulty in using the library in Chicago.

Thanks Crook for his letter and for agreeing to read her piece. She suggests meeting in Cambridge towards the end of the following week.

Thanks Crook for agreeing to take a look at her paper. She asks him not to pull any punches if he thinks it's sub standard. She is preparing for her bar exams and describes them as a refined form of torture. She is pleased that her law firm is paying for her to take a review course.

Informs Crook that she has sent her manuscript to C.U.P. She is leaving for Sri Lanka the next day and is looking forward to bright tropical sunshine.

Taking a three week vacation in Sri Lanka, she informs Crook of the long power cuts they endure daily. The monsoon rains have failed for the previous five years and since Sri Lanka runs largely on hydroelectric power, the cuts are inevitable.

Thanks Crook for his letter to Harvard. She has revised chapter 4 of her dissertation (to submit as an article to JRS) and is awaiting a printed copy of the entire manuscript. She is looking forward to Law School.

She is pleased that Crook likes her dissertation and that it requires little work before showing it to publishers. She thanks him for agreeing to recommend her for Law School. She notes that she is settling down in Ithaca, which is 'an extraordinarily beautiful part of the world - especially in the autumn'. Guidance notes on letters of recommendation are attached (2 pages) along with pencil notes of Crook (1 page).