Gregson thanks BR for sending the first two scripts for the series on books of his youth. Gregson is disappointed in BR's disinclination towards the proposed discussion of humanism, and asks whether a shift from humanism might prove more attractive.

As the American playwright Arthur Miller and his wife, Marilyn Monroe, are visiting Britain and Miller's work has been discussed in recent media as having a "stern Ibsenite heritage", which BR has also recently worked on in "Ibsen—a Revolt in the Abstract", Gregson asks if BR would enjoy a dinner and discussion with the Millers. The topic for discussion would then be human nature and modern civilization.