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Dares not think of the two strange companions, Truman and Ian, at "Goldeneye". Hopes Beaton is enjoying the New York spring. Is well thanks to a stay at Enton Hall with Judy. Has just returned from a ball at Chantilly and enjoyed it so much that she cannot wait for another one. Some of them dined with Pamela Churchill and it was very strange. They ate and drank between being painted and combed out. They were supposed to dress up as painters, authors or their creations. Pam Churchill spent hundreds of pounds on her dress and the result was 'negligible'. Violet Trefusis dressed as Hester Stanhope and stole the show. They had considerable excitement in London. Pam got good publicity from the "Telegraph" attacks and Clarissa was in the headlines for complaining that Mrs Botts' washing obscured her views. Discusses Clarissa. Ava has been organising an anti-Pam front in London. Discusses her social plans. Moggy Gage and Evelyn Waugh have both asked her for advice on giving balls.

Enjoyed the picture of Beaton sunning the Gainsborough costumes in the garden. It is exciting news that the play is going to be done. Thinks that Donald Wolfit would be excellent. Asks to be told all the news. Would be nice if he could come to see it. Has not heard from Slim since the beginning of June and is concerned by her silence. Beaton's item about her and Pam C. (Churchill) 'stunned' him. Babe did not mention it in her last letter. Saw Leland and Mrs. C. in a restaurant and teased them that he would write to Slim. Actually did write to Slim, asking if 'she knew her husband was running round with the notorious Mrs. C.'. Asks if he has really left Slim. Asks to know eveything Beaton knows about it. Wishes Beaton good luck with the play.

He and Jack send 'most heartfelt good wishes' for "Landscape with Figures". Has just returned from a visit to the Paleys in New Hampshire. Does not enjoy houses 'overrun with children', so it was nice to return home. From having been a 'gregarious' person, now feels the need for 'huge doses of privacy'. At the Paleys there was a lot of talk about the Hayward-Churchill 'fandango'. Had a letter from Slim, who said that Leland has not asked for a divorce, 'though Mrs. C. tells everyone she will be Mrs. H. in November'. Babe and Minnie have 'vowed undying enmity' to Mrs. C., while Betsy is her 'greatest partisan' as she is so grateful 'that the threat to her own happy home has been removed'. New York is divided into two camps. The 'pro-Slim contingent' has 'sent Mrs. Hornblow to the firing squad' because she gave a dinner for Leland and Mrs. C. Thinks that Mrs. C. will win the contest in the end, though he is a 'Slimite to the death'. Expresses sympathy for Slim. Asks if Eileen could send him the address of the Bolton Studios. Harold Arlen's score for "Saratoga"is excellent, but the cast sounds 'dismal'. Isherwood has taken a teaching job in California.