TCG Letter #1407 / Carpenter Letter #97a

Tolkien says that he is finding lectures hard work, and that he is tired. He is surprised that he does not have written notes for Beowulf beyond approx. line 2200 and says that if he had, he has lost them. He saw “Lewis and company” on Tuesday and details his week of lectures, household bill paying, and reading Sellic Spell. He attended an annual dinner, and notes that he had missed the bus three times for it being so full.

This letter was the last in Tolkien's self styled Fæder his suna letters sent to Christopher during his time abroad during world war 2. Christopher Tolkien noted in War of the Ring that he "returned to England in 1945" and "the constant correspondence between us naturally ceased," and with that, the FS letters came to an end.