THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking, Surrey.

12th December, 1951.

Dear Gerald

This is not a “Collins”¹ though it does contain my grateful thanks for a delightful visit to you both; but firstly I return your manuscript which I liked reading very much and secondly to tell you that I have asked Mrs. Hornstein²  to send you the score of a string suite by Müller-Hartmann³ which I like, and I hope you will like too. 
My love to Joyce
Yrs

RVW  

(R. Vaughan Williams).

Gerald Finzi, Esq.,
Ashmansworth near Newbury,
Berks.

1. A letter thanking one’s host for having one to stay, after Mr Collins in Pride and Prejudice. Also known as a ‘roofer’ or `bread-and-butter letter’.
2. Genia Hornstein, friend and neighbour in Dorking.
3. Robert Müller-Hartmann