Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, London, England, 1979 March 5 : autograph manuscript signed.

Asking for help with the "Jane Austen" script; describing she and her husband's travel plans for the next few months-- Edinburgh, London, then New York-- and the new flat they've bought on Alipur Road in Delhi; telling them that Jhab has moved his office from Connaight Place to the same building on Alipur Road; saying they will be visiting Renana in Ahmedabad on Saturday-- "I can't tell you our pride in that child who has really it seems found her life's work-- anyway, she totally, totally engrossed in it, & already she has the manner & appearance of a truly dedicated, selfless person: by which I don't mean someone pale & austere & sour but on the contrary joyous & life-loving, bubbling over with a sort of spontaneous joy in giving"; asking "What's happening with 'The Europeans?"