T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 390

To James Hanley, £7. 1. 3d. -2- I wonder what one should say about the strike? You had to have it, for it made your situations but I thought it filled too much room ... We hardly that... it was too interesting in itself and took me away too much from the family. And Maureen was not significantly used. Lord, I could go on thinking about the book at... for hours. You realise that it's a boo... done. A special word about the writing. It began perhaps with labour: at least I noticed a discrete style, sentence after sentence being simple, and independent. Then it warmed to the job (or I did) and for the last 200 pages I galloped right through, never hesitating nor particularly fitted "to" the job. That was good, wasn't it? I hope the thing will go well; had it been a trans- lation from the German I ... would have been no doubt of it. I was sorry you had to leave Boriswood, but you were right, if only from the technical standpoint. An author TRO has gone ...and your friend, M... Pritchett and him. Chatto and Windus (if they will stick by you) can "place" you better than anyone. Marshall has just told me you are in a small ...... Every day. So be ... shooting that dry little bench over Everard Street for serious work. Please remember me to Mrs H. I hope she is fit! And the child? Is he the Tim of the dedication? Also I hope very much that your subsistence problem has got easier with time. And here's a li... in me for a fuller TRO story about that in about six months hence. Meanwhile I'm very happy that you have done so big a thing as this. Yours T E Shaw [Pencil note across top] Don't let Chatto & W see this letter - not that they would care! That's another benefit you gain from being with a big firm. T E S