Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Kasauli, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 June 16 : autograph manuscript signed.

Discussing a letter from Jennifer Kendal she received in which Kendal was "very much disappointed in herself" after seeing the film; contrasting her original vision for the Lucia character with her initial perception of Kendal and her current perspective that Kendal; discussing Kendal's reports of other people's responses to the film, including Jaikishan's; recounting how "terribly, terribly sick" she was on her journey to Kasauli, which she suspects was food poisoning; depicting the weather and the scenery in Kasauli; explaining the long walks she takes with "Nita", who has come to stay in Kasauli ("we lead the same sort of lives really, quite cut off from other people and our children alone for company"); postulating about why someone might become a writer; recounting her conversation with Nita about "Ameena" and "Mrs. Nuruddin" - who used to be mutual friends but with whom Jhabvala had fallen out; speculating about whether Jhabvala and Ivory's friendship may have threatened Ameena and Mrs. Nuruddin; commenting on her other friend in Kasauli, Satwant, and her brother and their family; describing her daughters' activities while in Kasauli; providing additional detail about "Karen Friedman" and Judith, Friedman's friend from California, who visited Jhabvala in Delhi.