T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 217

To: Dr. G. M. Doughty. Remark: Borneton Camp 18. VIII. 23. Dear Mr. Doughty, I believe that tomorrow you become eighty years old. That's magnificent, for I hope that you are faced with leisure for the moment : Nansoul findsand very honourably, Arabia famous (after forty years), Merrieroft comfortable. It sounds to me like a satisfactory eighty years in retrospect: at least I'd be content to look back so. I hope your health is good : inland air isn't always easy after long use of sea air : I hope also that Mrs. Doughty is glad. Yours sincerely, T. E. Lawrence,