T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 608

LH 9/13/42 358171 A/c. Shaw R A F Cattewater, Plymouth. Dear K. I wrote to him, referring him to Eliot, who will unquestioningly say no. I'm with Eliot too: I wonder what Chapter 23 is all about? I am alive: but overworked with R.A.F.stuff: so much so that I've asked for help, and been given a new airman as slave. Schneider ... Race work, mostly. I'm clerk for that. In October I hope for a month's leave: then I propose to see nearly everybody and everywhere and everything in England: - and whack into that Odyssey job which has stood still sione Easter. Too busy here: far too busy. I seldom even ride, though the bike is a dream smoothness and power and beauty. Better than XTO: or at least on my engine. I'm better than him on his. Not polished like a dew-drop, alas! I'd like to see him. I'm so glad if has come off. What's this "devoted parent killing snake"? I like the bearded creature immensely. Decoration for what? Yours T.E.S. Walker, of Dent & Son.