Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory and Ismail Merchnt, Mumbai, India, 1967 December 8 : autograph manuscript signed.

Noting that there has been "no sign of 'Knack' or 'Accident' but I expect they will turn up" [see MA 23840.415], and Catherine wants more details so she can expedite their arrival; asking about their new office [presumably the production office in Bombay]; saying "Nothing at all has happened here since you left except that it's turned a lot colder and I feel miserable and shivering"; asking them to "work over" the teaching scenes with Utpal and the sitar advisor; discussing arrangements for her and Jhab and the children to stay at Sun n' Sand Hotel in Bombay after school ends on the 22nd; asking to meet with "Jenny" [Rita Tushingham] before she starts shooting, to fine tune the script; musing on how much one can really "help" an actor with their part; asking when Madhur is coming; describing in detail the work she has been doing on the "Shakespeare Wallah" sequel; announcing she intends to nag them about Utpal-- "You must treat him right"; relating a short anecdote about a very early phone call from Air India regarding Mike Neff [a.k.a. Muriel Peters]; complaining about the cold in Delhi.