"If you were in Scotland I should find it quite easy to write but the fact that you wont get this for so long and will be in such different surroundings from me when you do, makes me feel that I ought to have a very high standard as to what is worth writing about and what isnt... In a moment of unthinking kindliness I wrote and asked the Aranyis to come for a day or two... They were really terrific... I am going to the Opera tonight in Manchester. Doesnt that shock you most awfully?"