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SHOTOVER EDGE,
HEADINGTON,
OXFORD.
Sept. 26. 1921
My dear Mr Buchan, whom I
should like to address henceforth as
my dear Buchan (with due
reciprocation) there is one thing
more I have to ask of you. Will
you allow me to dedicate that
book to you? It shall be done
in five lines, which will allow
of no fulsomeness.
You have the right to say
'Timeo Danaos'; but the
'gift', of course, is all the
other way. I want to commemorate
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Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes: I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts. (Virgil, Aeneid II.)
that book: The Legends of Smokeover (see earlier letters).
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