Letter to Glyn Daniel
From Tolkien Gateway
On 25 August 1973, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Glyn Daniel.[1]
- Subject: A letter of thanks to Glyn Daniel for dinner in Cambridge.
- Publication: The letter was printed in full in J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, pp. 256-7.
Transcription
Dear Daniel,
It is a long time since July 20th; but better (I hope) late than never to do what I should have done before being immersed in other matters : to thank you for your delightful dinner in St John’s, and especially for your forbearance and great kindness to me personally. It proved a turning point! I suffered no ill effects whatsoever, and have since been able to dispense with most of the diet taboos I had to observe for some six months.
I look forward to the next A.E. dinner, and hope that you will be present.
Yours ever,
Ronald Tolkien.
References
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 774