Malleson heard the news of Patricia Russell's filing for divorce undefended. Re the divorce, "I'm afraid, though, that it will see BR wedded to the myth of his nasty child, Conrad; and as much a slave to that as he was previously slave to Dora and Peter."

Re BR's Autobiography: "Amongst the masses and masses of newspaper stuff about his 80th birthday I found a part saying that his Autobiography is not done and is under lock and key till he dies...." (S. Turcon note)