Noël

17608 — He writes that he has been unwell and that he is "allowed to work no more than four hours a-day; a matter of much vexation and disappointment overwhelmed as I am with half completed works of every description" and continues by mentioning Puck and that he has made a "rough draft of 'A Night Mail' to the scale of the first edition but I can without much difficulty reduce it 'on the block'.As regards the business part of the transaction I have a.great aversion to money dealings between myself and any person I desire to regard as a friend.we will then.put filthy lucre out of court" and continues by stating that whereas he would without hesitation take money from a publisher "but from a private individual I cannot accept payment for such a thing as an illustration of your poem" and continues "your Symposium I should doubtless have enjoyed but I must in honesty assure you my presence could in no way have promoted 'the flow of Sole' which no doubt took place on the occasion." etc. unknown