T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 391

H.G. Heyter, 91 Kelmscott Road. S.W. 11. To(L.A.C. Heyter R.A.F. Miranshah Fort, Waziristan.) 22. 1. 29. No Heyter Alone Included ........ F & O. S.W. Co. S.W. 22. 1. 29. Dear Heyter It feels months since I was in Miranshah - and is just a fortnight. Everything is very strange. The telegram from you & Daphne arrived on board just as the ship sailed. It was very kindly of you. I hope it will indeed be better, now! but at Port Said, last stop, they picked the quarry-side to prevent my going ashore. I'd like to say something with an [ IF or'..crossed out in pencil] a D in it about the India Government. In London I'll find out what really passed, concerning me, and try to ensure that they do not serve anyone else so. I forgot two books, as I left: if they are still there, & it is easy for you, please send them also to T B Shaw, at 14 Barton Street. They are volumes I & II of William Morris' book "The Well at the World's End". Fine things, and I am fond of them: but no matter if they are out. Major Deir...: who used to be Political Agent at Miranshah, is on the ship, going to England; and I will get him, or one of the other passengers, to take this up from Marseilles to post in England. I go round with the ship, of course: and do not get to London till ["March" crossed out] February 1. There is no news yet of my posting; but I believe it may be Cattewater, where the ship stops for an hour or two, on her way up Channel. Corporal Easton will be... of me. I will be quite content and happy if I do not get the sack out of all this. The only blessing has been the dodging a return by trooper. This is a 10000 ton ship, & we have had a smooth journey. Second-class is comfortable. I have a cabin to myself, as the ship is nearly empty; and pass the whole day in it, working at that Greek book. Since we left Bombay I have done three sections of it - just as much as I did at Miranshah, all the while I was there. So you see things have