BR TO GAMEL BRENAN, 22 JAN. 1947
BRACERS 56420. ALS(X). New York Public Library
Proofread by K. Blackwell

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TRINITY COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE.
22.1.47

My dear Gamel

All my affairs have taken a turn for the better lately, and it is no longer necessary for me to be so careful as I had to be for a while. Peter has become quite different, mainly as a result of leisure and pleasure. I have a very ardent desire to see you; I have told Peter that this is so, and she has acquiesced. The best day of the week for me is a Wednesday (not next Wednesday), say Feb. 5 or Feb. 12. I could manage lunch, tea, and dinner on a Wednesday, going to Cambridge by a train at 10 p.m. I wonder whether you can again get that very nice place in Cheyne Walk. I find myself perpetually thinking of things I want to say to you, and in course of time the unsaid things accumulate till I feel as if I should burst. When we meet I want you to bring something you have written — I know too little of your work. The time in Cheyne Walk has remained in my mind with quivering shimmering intensity.

In all ways I prosper — I am well off, the BBC loves me,1 and my work goes well. It is an extraordinary change from the bleak years in America.

If you post your answer on a Monday or Tuesday, send it here; otherwise, to Dorset House. I am here on Weds. and Thursdays.

Ever your
B.

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  the BBC loves me See also record 57202, next day.