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Telephone 25 Tettenhall Telegrams Mander, Wightwick Wolverhampton

WIGHTWICK MANOR , WOLVERHAMPTON .

22nd August, 1932.

Dear Buchan,

The time I have spent during the last few days in a Nursing Home has been enormously lightened by the pleasure I have obtained in reading your last book, "The Gap in the Curtain". Incidentally, I was interested to note that, in spite of Professor Moe's efforts, what was printed in the "Times" twelve months ahead was not strictly correct in one case.

On page 237, it is stated that Sir Robert Goodeve read his own obituary notice, describing himself, amongst other things as M.P. I gather, however, from a statement made on page 267 that he did not stand at the General Election of May and, therefore, dying in June would be incorrectly described as "M.P." I wonoered whether this was due to a "Times" error - rather unlikely - or to some fading of the gap.

Yours sincerely,

Geoffrey L Mander