T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 392

To L.A.C. Hayter R.A.F. Hiranunah Fort, Waziristan. 22. 1. 29. moved. They are not finished, these sections! they will need fair-copying and typing out in London, during my next month's leave! But they represent a good two months of ... preparation, done in two weeks. Voyages are binding things, & I'm lucky to have had this job to keep me busy. At Karachi an ... lent me a civvy suit! so I sort of pass mister in the crowd. They seem to be too much for comfort. However, these "kids" shall be stared at, ... knees a lot more in England. You will have heard from Mr. Olson that I wasn't allowed to go to Delhi. So I could do nothing, with the A. U. M., of what I'd hoped. How is my successor? Does he curse me, all the day, for having everything loose? To go off at a hair's notice like that, wasn't fair on me. I will send you a line after I've reported at the Air Ministry (for their orders! bad ones, I fear) to say what next! or when the death sentence will be carried out. Again many thanks for that telegram. Yours T E Shaw.