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Letter 9, 8th November 1934 Egypt) as Viceroy. Both of them stark realists, and with as much conscience between them as would butter ha’penny bun. The East would understand it!

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No: you're not right about the reproduction fees in the Anthology. When George Blackwood pays for an article, he buys the “first British serial rights” only: all rights of subsequent reproduction remain vested in the author. This he explained to me, myself, when some of my stuff was poached – bodily – by an Austrian magazine, out of “Maga”. They sent G.B. a cheque for having done so – which he passed on to me. I refused it: said that the article was sold to him, and the cheque therefore his ; whereupon he explained the rules governing the matter, and said he had only “first right” in the stuff. So all authors reproduced in the Anthology will have a fee offered to them for permission to do so.

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I was up in Town yesterday – and saw a placard of the evening papers starring “Mysterious death of a D.S.O. Colonel”. I bought a copy: sheet enclosed. Poor Morshead. I thought at once of you, and the Tsangpo struggles of the two of you. I expect his pony ran out above the built-up “jumps” in the “rides” close to Maymyo – in the pine forest where paper-chases are held; and the pointed bamboos of the side-wings got him in the tummy. It's merely a guess; simply because I just missed an exactly similar accident myself in the same place in 1919.

Write when you have time. I'm up to my eyes in work, and starved for good hefty exercise; but never so busy as not to be able to answer your letters.


 * Very sincerely


 * L.A. Bethell

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Letter 9, 8th November 1934

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Tel: Dorking 360

New Clan

Dorking

Surrey

Nov. 8th 1934

My dear Bailey,

Many thanks for your letter and for the good news of your coming to this area for a fortnight from the 18th. There is much that I want to talk about, and if you and Mrs. Bailey can come and break bread (etc.) with us, I look forward to several meetings.