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Letter from Kate O’Brien, Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin. Kate has finished a report for the Spectator and is about to have lunch. She gives an account of her plans for the rest of the day. With envelope.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin to Kate O’Brien. Lorna compares herself to Kate and notes the many differences in their natures. She loves Kate but expresses her feelings very differently from her. The course of their lives has been different. If Kate were to leave Lorna she would miss her and remember her always, but she would be able to bear it. It is therefore difficult for her to respond when Kate asks how she could ever bear their parting.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin. Kate is relieved that a lunch party she has organised was cancelled when all the women she had invited cancelled the date for different reasons. She recalls fondly her meeting with Lorna the day before. She has received a telegram from Katharine Cornell and Guthrie McClintic, who are delighted with the new version of the play [That Lady]. With envelope.

This sub-series contains correspondence between Kate O'Brien and Lorna Reynolds in February 1947.

Letter from Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin to Kate O’Brien. She is worried because Kate has not sent her word of her safe arrival in London. She relates a disturbing dream she has had about Kate. She apologises for being so inarticulate about her deepest feelings. She has grown distrustful of relationships and accepted the emptiness of her personal life. Kate has changed her into a new person, who has to find her tongue and her words.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, University Women’s Club, [2 Audley Square,] London to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin. She has not received any letters from Lorna and blames it on the terrible weather affecting the local postman. The letter has been written in green ink which has spread and become virtually illegible. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in London to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, asking when she will hear from Lorna. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in London to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, responding to Lorna’s telegram of 12 February (for which see P74/3/1/2/4/17). With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in London to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, wishing her a happy Valentine’s Day. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Strand House, Limerick to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Dublin. The weather continues extremely cold and all life at Strand House is concentrated in the study as the only room kept warm to show morale during the economically difficult times. Kate has no objection to it except that it interferes with her mania for privacy. She has been very idle during her visit to Limerick. She has been dreaming of and planning for summer and France and thinking of the new novel [The Flower of May] she must now begin. She longs for Lorna to be by her side.