T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 641

L.H 9/13/42 You 3.v.3o 2 Advance. The talk is one of the best things in your threads. You can now handle conversation, & keep the threads distinct. That is uncommon. I think you will write more novels. This type together a moderate expression of yourself through the months of a battalion is strengthened. Yet I'd give all the novels in the world for 1/1000 th. of the poetry. What is it that makes a tiny poem seem infinite, and a great novel too short? The dedication makes me feel quite warm all over. It was ever so good of you, for I'm a bit of a renegade in letters. Probably if I went on trying I could achieve more second-rate work, and do not thin/ it worth while. My jobs in the R.A.F. seem more useful. Yours T.E.S.