| Content Description | Addresses her as 'My dear Lou'; describes the beginning of the new school term as 'rotten', and how teaching 'wearies' him; mentions that the Jones' [John William Jones and Marie Jones] have not been 'on the very best of terms'; adds that Mary [Hilda Mary Jones] is the 'wildest and rampagest' child but is a 'real brick'; tells her he is reading Defence of Guinevere [by William Morris], and admits to liking Morris; reports that Hueffer [Ford Madox Hueffer] has returned his play which had been rejected by Granville Barker [Harley Granville-Barker]; tells her that his 'Lincoln bit' will not appear in the Daily News but he does not mind.
Mentions that he is preparing a story for Austin Harrison [of the 'English Review'], and others for Edward Garnett; feels restless in Croydon and wishes he were 'that proverbial tramp'; describes the recent past as unreal, merely part of a 'tale'; wishes her success with her 'wood carving'; signed 'D.H. Lawrence'. |