Letter thanking his friend John Arlott for helping Betjeman's secretary Jill Menzies get her and Betjeman's car fixed

John Betjeman

Erscheinungsdatum: 1952

Beschreibung

1952 letter from John Betjeman to his friend John Arlott and his wife Dawn saying 'I never adequately thanked John for his splendid and selfless work on Sunday a.m on behalf of Jill and my motor car.' Jill Menzies was Betjeman's 22-year-old secretary who lived and worked at the house and with whom he has often been presumed to have had an affair.(Arlott would only have phoned the AA, he was no car mechanic). Overleaf Betjeman says he hopes Arlott 'was not smoked out at St.Augustine's' which he had recommended for a visit. 'I like a whiff of incense myself. Sir Thos Kendrick (Director of the British Museum) heard two clergy talking on the steps of the Athenaeum. One said 'Shall you give them a whiff of incense? The other replied 'I don't think so. They've been very good.'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 510

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Letter thanking his friend John Arlott for ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1952

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition