Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, place not identified, 1970 June 9 : autograph manuscript signed.

Providing him with "the new scene [between Hari and Lucia] which I hope will work and be very active and full of noise"; telling him that she is sending him "the Lenny Bruce record", which has a song she would like to use but knows they cannot use at the end of Side 2 (possibly referencing Chelsea's Girl, a 1967 album from Nico that ends with the song "Eulogy to Lenny"?); wondering if Jaikishan could write some music and Urdu-language lyrics expressing similar sentiments and whether Usha Iyer could sing it; expressing a firm belief that the song should not be plaintive ("Poignant and grief-stricken, yes, but not wistful or plaintive"); saying how pleased she is that Ismail Merchant is "no longer insisting on forcing you to do things"; discussing the title of the film; asking him to write to her at the Alasia Hotel in Kasauli until their return to Delhi on the 27th.