Letter from Ismail Merchant, London, England, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1968 September 4 : typescript signed.

Wishing she had come with them to London, then reversing that thought, on the basis that she "would have been upset being here in our unsettled states"; describing how they arrived on "a beautiful day" but then discovered the film hadn't arrived and were "frantic" until it finally arrived several days later; laying out their post-production schedule, but saying they may have to move the dubbing to Rome because of a lack of available facilities in London; describing their search for a flat, and the one they have decided to take; laying out their respective travel schedules, with Merchant going to New York, Ruth to London, Merchant returning and he and Ivory taking the film to Los Angeles, returning again and all three of them flying to New York and Jhab meeting them there, then Ivory returning to London; sending love to Renana, Ava, and "Pogie" [Poji, i.e. Firoza], and saying he is missing her and Jhab.