BR has returned the transcription of the divorce court proceedings of November 22.

Davies writes, "You say that what Dora gets is abolition of dum casta clause without quid pro quo. On the dissolution of the marriage the deed of separation becomes void, and Dora loses her equal right with regard to the children. You as father have prima facie the common law right of custody, until some order is made varying it." If Dora went to court now she would risk exposure of Telegraph House affairs, its condition when BR took it over (bugs in bed), and "the dirty letters from Griffin Barry."