Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 January 20 : autograph manuscript signed.

Detailing some recent thoughts she's had about the script, specifically advocating for keeping a scene at an ashram but potentially cutting one scene featuring a recording session as well as "the Lucia-Hari seduction scene"; detailing the changes that would need to be made in order to to cut the scene in the recording studio; arguing that the relationship between Lucia and Hari needs to be built "more subtly and delicately" through other scenes; advising him on how to communicate the dropped scene to the film's cast; encouraging him to be determined about shooting a certain number of scenes per day if that is his goal; advising him to continue shooting the film in his own way despite obstacles, including being surrounded by "a swamp of lazy, inefficient bastards"; asking for him to acknowledge receiving the letter; clarifying that she never meant to say they should "drop the studio and typewriter sequence".