Letter from Jennifer Kendal, London, England to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 1984 July 12 : autograph manuscript signed.

Commenting on the accounts she has heard about "the wedding"; telling her it's "comforting to have Ismail in town" and that he and Dick came to see her "his first evening"; saying she is "now sort of sailing slong, half dozed, but not in ay distress & able to enjoy whatever is happening"; describing how she feels and how she needs to ration her energy, and how how strange it is to be "chatting about ways of dying..."; contemplating what she will do when Shashi goes back to Bombay; telling her that "Sajana [her daughter] is now here-- apparently forever ... she's being magnificent, I must say"; cryptically referring to the "lovelorn Bengali" Sajana has left behind; asking about Jhabvala's health and medical treatment; asking about "news of Madeleine's white legs" and admitting that "(if?)" Karan is still with her, "she seems very good for him. Maybe he should marry her and get his green card"; commenting on the trailer for "The Bostonians"; wishing Madeleine "wouldn't do that funny thing with her mouth"; asking her to write: I sit in bed with breakfast on a tray & open mail-- but I need letters or it's a flop."