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TCG Letter #1392 / Carpenter Letter #55a


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Christopher Tolkien
Date
25 January 1944
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien has not written for a week and speaks of his “shame of letting a whole week go”. He has been praying for Christopher constantly though. Tolkien has been finding the cadet exams very difficult.

He had a short while with Charles Williams at the White Horse and saw the Lewis brothers on this morning after his lecture.Note that in their Chronology, Hammond and Scull's entry for ?24 or 25 January 1944 states that Tolkien saw the Lewis brothers and Charles Williams at the White Horse. We can now see that this took place on 25 January, 1944, per this letter[1]

He tells of a joke from C.S. Lewis and recounts it for his son. He will send Christopher an Airgraph soon.

1 Note that in their Chronology, Hammond and Scull's entry for ?24 or 25 January 1944 states that Tolkien saw the Lewis brothers and Charles Williams at the White Horse. We can now see that this took place on 25 January, 1944, per this letter
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References
Fæder his suna (Father to Son. FS) No. 2
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 282 (see footnote 1 of summary above)


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