TCG Letter #1402 / Carpenter Letter #91b

Tolkien opens with the news that he has finished his Beowulf lectures^{Tolkien's Library, 2023, shows that Tolkien continued to lecture on Beowulf beyond 1944 and into the 1945/46 terms.[1]} . He has neglected academic matters in favour of working out the time-schemes and other matters from book five of The Lord of the Rings. He is “stuck” but feels an idea is forming.

Tolkien attended an examiners meeting at Balliol College^{Balliol College, Oxford.[2]} which he says was very pleasant.

In other news, Tolkien had a visit from Mrs. de Boisse on Saturday and this morning he met with Lewis and Williams at Magdalen and enjoyed a talk with them.