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Bêthberry · 05-23-2004, 11:12 AM

Oh dear! I had hoped not to be that obscure. Where is Squatter and his great familliarity with the Letters?

The answer can be found in a letter in which Tolkien urges someone to accept a gift he sent in the form of a cheque. The letter would, of course, have been written after he retired from Oxford.

In this letter, Tolkien also talks about the progress of a certain book of poems, which was being illustrated by someone whose work he greatly admired.

05-23-2004, 11:12 AM	#34
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,005	Tolkien's generosity Oh dear! I had hoped not to be that obscure. Where is Squatter and his great familliarity with the Letters? The answer can be found in a letter in which Tolkien urges someone to accept a gift he sent in the form of a cheque. The letter would, of course, have been written after he retired from Oxford. In this letter, Tolkien also talks about the progress of a certain book of poems, which was being illustrated by someone whose work he greatly admired. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.