On his thesis concerning Beacon Hill School.

"A large number of ex-teachers, students and their parents have been very generous in offering help. I thought that you would like to know how high a regard they have all expressed for B.R. Contrary to his sense of failure, B.R.'s excursion into the world of education seems from all these accounts to have been a genuine success—except of course in so far as John and Kate were concerned."

"I was wondering if you could tell me a little about B.R.'s smoking habits. Out of the impulse of 'pure curiosity' I was wondering what types of pipes he smoked and was he exacting about them."