THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

MRS. R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
10 HANOVER TERRACE
LONDON, N.W.1.

[10th December 1957]

Yes – the Graves would be a splendid choice – how nice – we shall both enjoy it.¹
Ralph is much better – still on odd pills, but opera going!  Trovatore last night – an odd affair.²  I hope that Eslyn will follow suit – only of course, she is able to lead a more glamourous life than R. who is always involved with ink when he is prone.  Gil³  home from America, all safe – and Genia⁴ expecting Yania’s triumphal return with his business deals in the bag.
Love from both to both.

U.

1. The Kennedys had apparently suggested a present of the poetry of Robert Graves as a gift for VW. See VWL3553
2. Verdi’s Il Trovatore was performed at Sadlers Wells on 10 December.
3. Sir Gilmour Jenkins.
4. Genia Hornstein and her husband.