Letter from William Gerhardie, London, to Margaret Haley, 1967 February 15

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Naming great men who have shared his habit of writing in bed, describing the structure of his "bed-rest", and referring to his surname: "Please note I have reverted to an earlier ancestra[l] spelling of my name ... Shakespeare had an e, Dante had an e, Racine had an e, Goethe had an e, and who am I not to have an e? You could quote me in your article, if you like. But don't invent any fanciful nationality for me! Both my parents were English and I am British-born. I enjoyed your article. I hope that when you are in London you will telephone me and come to see me. Your page-companion, Josephine, has been to see me. She is most beautiful, too!;" adding, in a postscript, "Yes, James is a hero."