MACAULAY

telling her that she does write short stories gratis, but i do not think they have merit for your purpose or, indeed, for any other (though the last thing I want to do it to crab my own work). I find sketches or articles less of a strain on. my intellect, as a rule. May I come and see you sometime & talk about it, as you suggest, or could you come & have tea with me... South Kensington, where I stay when in town..., 2 sides 8vo., Hedgerley End, Beaconsfield, 13th December year illegible