Letter from James Ivory, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1966 December 5 : typescript signed.

Playfully castigating Ruth for the mood swings in her recent letter; commenting on his own not very good mood, and the uncertainties and frustrations of the present period of waiting for the script of "Vertical and Horizontal" and dealing with "these business types"; musing on Madhur, her return to India and her children, and what she gained, if anything, in exchange for "being away from her children for seventeen months"; asking about an offer she received from the BBC and wondering if Waris Hussein was behind it; telling her he has sent her some corduroy for a coat "like M's"; fretting over the censoring of "Shakespeare Wallah" and hoping Catherine [probably Catherine Freeman, wife of John Freeman] can be "very stern and very diplomatic"; mentioning the birthday party Lillian Ross and Merchant are throwing for Ross's son Erik; wondering if she got his letter with the scenes for the sequel script; saying he saw Catherine Galbraith in Boston, but the film premiere fell through; relating a "funny story about Marie Seton" but running out of room before he can finish it.