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Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, c/o Mrs Gillam, 8 Richmond Road, Oxford. She apologises again for the uproar she caused and is grateful for Kate’s forgiveness. She has written to Harry about the house [at Roundstone] and expects to hear from him in a few days. She agrees that Kate needs a place of her won as soon as possible instead of being harried from pillar to post. She has had lunch with Peadar O’Donnell, who has settled on a weekly publication edited by himself, while Lorna is to be responsible for a weekly book review and the gathering and managing of literary articles. She has recommended Gioia Gaidoni to be put in charge of the theatre section. The immersion heater she installed has caused their electricity consumption to more than double and they must now cut down on hot water. She has read [E. M.] Forster’s Longest Journey and finds him a good writer, but not a great one. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 8 Richmond Road, Oxford to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin written in response to Lorna’s letter of 19 March (for which see P43/3/1/2/14/11). She continues to discuss their ‘dust-up’ and expresses pity for the shop assistant who boxed up the present of stockings not knowing what an uproar they would cause. She is very excited about Peadar O’Donnell’s proposition and wants to discuss it in detail with Lorna when they meet next week. She has had lunch with Enid [Starkie?] and she and Mary [O’Neill?] will pay her a visit in the evening. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 8 Richmond Road, Oxford to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate is worried about Lorna’s continuing state of exhaustion and wonders if Lorna should postpone her upcoming visit to London. Kate is sleeping much better in Oxford and leading a lazy life, and her work on the play will have to wait. With envelope.

Telegram from Lorna Reynolds in Dublin to Kate O’Brien in London, apologising for misplaced confidence and promising not to offend again.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien. Lorna concedes that the letter she sent to Kate on 9 April (for which see P74/3/1/2/15/4) was written in a fit of anger and asks for Kate’s forgiveness for the injury it has done. She also apologises for her letter of 17 April (for which see P74/3/1/2/15/10) written in another fit of anger caused by Kate’s reply (for which see P74/3/1/2/15/8) to the first one.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, c/o Mrs E. Sprigge, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1. She thanks Kate for her gift of flowers and apologises once more for the quarrel. To avoid further discord, she asks Kate not to try to arrange things too much but to leave Mary and Lorna to nature and time. She does not grudge Mary anything of her share of Kate, but she is not the kind of person Lorna is naturally attracted to. She discusses Roundstone House and the haunting legend associated with it, which in Harry’s opinion is all nonsense. She is concerned about her sister, who has had a sore throat for over a week and has blood in her sputum. She asks when Kate is going to come and give the women graduates a talk and what her topic is going to be. With envelope.

This sub-series contains correspondence between Kate O'Brien and Lorna Reynolds in May-July 1948.

A short note from Kate O’Brien to Lorna Reynolds containing a handwritten copy of a poem by Walter de la Mare recently published in the Times Literary Supplement. Originally attached to P74/3/1/2/16/2.

Printed strip of black and white photographs featuring buildings and scenery in and around Galway city, found among Kate and Lorna's correspondence and having probably been originally attached to one of the letters.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, c/o Miss Neilan, Eyre House, Eyre Square, Galway. She is concerned that her last letter may have upset Kate. She notes that Darina [Silone] has arrived from Italy, but that she has not yet had any real time to talk to her. Lorna misses Kate terribly and acknowledges that even when they quarrel they are no longer quite complete without each other. She is glad that Kate feels calmed by the air and atmosphere of Galway. The last three pages are written following the receipt of Kate’s letter of 9 August 1948 (for which see P74/3/1/2/17/4). She assures Kate that she understands her situation better than Kate can imagine and does not expect Kate to love her according to Lorna’s rules. With envelope.