T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 615

LH 7/13/42 as it are extraordinary. I have accepted the copy of it; and advised him to revise it, exclude repetitions, shorten here and there - insert notes or introduction - ill as temporising measures. He must hasten or (derate soon; I hope he does not bust, for then he will die or go mad. If he cools and re-erects it, (and if he re-erects it he will cool) his passion will be over. If not, poor Dors and poor other trail. In a cool reading he would see that no publisher could face it. Don't mistake me. It is not rubbish; it is only mad. Piercing & crazy by turns. I play only for time. Your letter follows me about, to Dorset. My address is T.S. Shen, Clouds Hill, Noreton, Dorset. Letters wait there (for weeks, often) till I call. Wires are sent at Yes, I know of the S.s. engraving project. I hope his marriage leads him into new countries. He is too good to st...d still. I have not seen any recent poetry by him. The last two little volumes were all past history: All right; but I want change! T.S.S.