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Elsfield Manor, Oxford.

28th December, 1933

John Edgar, Esq.,
Crichton Royal,
Dumfries.

My dear John,

What a fool I am to have sent you my Scott when I had
already sent it you. Is there any other book of mine, or anybody
else's that you fancy?

I don't think you ought to go to Edinburgh, but I do
think you ought to come to Oxford as soon as you feel fit to travel.
It is not really a hard journey, and I am convinced you will never
get really well as long as you are at the Crichton. One of your
cousins could possibly come with you as well as your sister. I
long to hear that the doctor thinks you are strong enough to
move. We will do everything we can at Oxford for your comfort.

Yours ever,
John Buchan