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8, HEREFORD GARDENS,
MARBLE ARCH, W.

27 June 1913

Dear John,

I speak seriously: that Thyrsis [ST: a parody of Matthew Arnold's Thyrsis by JB]
of yours ought to be published. [double underline]

It will just give the finishing tap: the little shove of ridicule which
topples the strained edifice.

Also it would be a man much
bolder than Coeur du Lion or Crillon
who ventured to bring an action for
libel on it.

Nor do I think it is in fact