1305
January 28th 1916
Dear Mr. Joyce
Many thanks for your telegram which arrived at about midday on
Saturday & for your letter[1]
which
reached me yesterday. The second instalment is being dispatched today in
the same way. Please do not trouble to telegraph this time. As the first
instalment reached you safely I will take it that the second will do so also.
And please do not talk of kindness — it was a debt owing to you. I
was
rather worried by a letter from Mr. Pound in which he said you were in
need of money. I felt wretched & ashamed to think we had had your
wonderful book & made you no return whatever. The kindness is
entirely
yours in never having drawn attention to the fact.
It is a fortnight since I saw your agent & I have had no word
from
him since. He promised to write as soon as he had anything definite to
say.
The December & January numbers of our paper which were
posted
to you under our printed wrapper have lately been returned to us from the
Censor's Office. I find there is a new regulation making it necessary to
obtain direct permission from the War Office before any periodicals can be
sent from this country to neutral European countries, & we have not
as
yet obtained this permission. Apparently there are many formalities to be
gone through.
May I send good wishes for your birthday? | And with kind regards
| I am | Yours sincerely
