Letter from James Ivory, London, England, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1979 March 14 : autograph manuscript signed.

Observing that "The Dread One" has left the New Yorker to work with Robert Altman; relating that Merchant says she was asked to leave, according to Edith Oliver; relating how he and Merchant recent;y went down to Wilton, with Penelope Betjemin "yammering in my ear" about India; noting that Henry and Claire have now moved into Wilton; describing the luncheon and meeting Stephen Tennant, who knew Siegfried Sassoon and Willa Cather; describing Tennant in detail; telling her Don Carpentier is in London, staying with Jane Buck; telling her the mix is finished, and he feels that they "have not let down Heny James nor ourselves..."