T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 334

To H. Williamson Bridlington 20.xii.94 Dear H.W. In a racing hurry:- the death of Yeats strikes me as a direct loss to myself; queer, for I'd never met him. Thank heaven you got him delivered of that book, while he could. It would have been tragic for him, if he had died and the tale not recorded. I hope some of the book-papers will see what has been lost. Every recommend his book to everybody likely, as I meet them, and find a general agreement that it is unsurpassed, of its kind. Does he leave dependents, in difficulty? I I hope not, for there is no money in ringed Victory: too good, by half. I owe you a letter on the film project; and find it .. hard to say convincingly in such ... that I have de- termined to keep my mind wholly blank about futures, till the time comes. I have the ...ief. I go to my cottage, and what happens afterwards isn't my concern. So don'/t count on me for anything, or ask me for anything, now. Non possumus Latin for I don't think. Yours T.S.S over Christmas all booked up, I'm afraid; but some day when you are feeling like ...us, look out my cottage (1 mile N. of Bovington Camp, 3 1⁄2 miles NNW of Wool) and imagine yourself coming to see me. A thin pleasure, for at Clo Hill there is literally nout else!