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Letter from Kate O’Brien, Strand House, Limerick to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate describes her journey from Dublin to Limerick and how she hated leaving Lorna. She asks if she left her purse in Lorna’s drawing room by mistake as she cannot find it. She feels anxious about Lorna and wishes she were with her. She has no news. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Strand House, Limerick to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate has lost a brooch Lorna had given her as a present and fears she may have dropped while walking in the garden at Strand House. She describes a luncheon party given by the Hunt family. With envelope.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, Strand House, Limerick. She thanks Kate for her letter and pretty present. She feels awfully tired and hopes Paddy Donovan is better and ready to take over his classes. She has had her first Italian lesson from Gioia Gaidoni and finds her very ‘teachery’. She is writing a poem she has entitled 'February'. She is also thinking of writing a poem to mark Valentine’s Day. Eleanor is much better in health bur remains frigid in her attitude towards Lorna. With envelope.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin to Kate O’Brien, Strand House, Limerick. Lorna is in bed with neuralgia and nervous exhaustion. She is still waiting for the script of Mary Magdalen Kate was to send her. The estrangement between Lorna and her sister continues. She hopes Paddy Donovan is restored to health as she has had enough of his classes. With envelope.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin, announcing her return to Dublin on Monday [23 February]. With envelope.

Letter from Clem[ent] O’Flynn, St Anne’s, Maunsell’s Road, Galway to Kate O’Brien regarding the dispensary residence at Roundstone, which is still for sale. He promises to notify Kate when it is re-advertised in April and hopes that he may be able to sell it to her. He also conveys news of Father Hatchett and Father Dillon Kelly. Originally attached to P47/3/1/2/14/8.

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.