[Oct-17-'96] Saturday dear Webb I dare say you have / seen the paper that / Mackail has undertaken / to write the facts about / the life of my Beloved / Top. all that I / remember I shall keep / for him - & I have / promised to jot down / in any higgledypiggldy / way where I can / remember from the first / - its a failing memory / alas & I never thought / I should have to remember / for I should have gone first - if you will / do the same and let / him have the notes to / consult & absorb it / would be nice. / Can you tell me the / very month & year when / your first saw him / at Streets office in / Oxford -? I have kept no / diary - nor any letters - / nor even made any notes - / - it will be hopeless to / present any living image / of him - but in Mackail's / hands the work will be / discreetly done & with / dignity and enthusiasm / and it shall be as / accurate as to dates / as can be made - in / which you cooperation / will be needful. / the vultures will be down / of course to their unholy / meal - that can't be / helped - & many a lie / will be in the air - but / most of the lies we can / send to their natural home / & all silly anecdotes & / folly will be excluded / & banned - / my love to you always / Yours aff / EBJ