<> Letters to Stanford Greacen Estate 1973 Jun 15th LHL Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF GreacenStanford41 Letter Arethusa, Bursary English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/greacenstanford041 LHL LHL Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/GreacenStanford041.jpg LHL Archive 36 H P M 15. 6. 73 My dear Derek, Many thanks for yrs - it was waiting for me when I returned last night. I very much appreciate what R.N. said in his letter to you about my application for the Aberdeen job. But I'll get round to R.N. later in this letter. The interview went splendidly as did everything in connect- ion with the trip. The xxxxxxxx chairman,Clifford Hanley x, couldn't have been more at-ease-putting. He directed proceedings wholly. It lasted for just under half an hour. The official who . had written to me and ushered me to and fro was called Trevor Royle, a very charming man of about 30 whom I was to met later in the xxxxxx evening - you will see how in a moment or two. Now Arethusa. She was waiting for me at Waverley - the train was rather late due to engine failure but I still had time to get to the Hotel (where I stayed 1 night) before the interview. She has revealed much more common sense than I supposed she had - she would have rung the Arts Council to say I'd be late if that had been necessary... I had wondered if she would think of that. Any- way, she has improved enormously ever since she went to Kingston where she gets on well with everyone. I think the improvement is more psychological than due to diet,though the latter may also be a factor. The work is very hard but she is sticking it. In short, we now get on excellently after quite a long period of consider- able difficulty. Now R.N.-Arethusa and I met xx my old pal Donald Grant for drinks. Donald had to go off: xxxxxx he's just his old self but far more fit thanks to his work as a gardener. Then A and I had a meal after which I rang R.N.,not knowing if he was in town/busy or what-not as I hadn't heard from him. He said immediately:" I hope you aren't hurrying away." The upshot was an invitation to his party that evening to celebrate the Bursary award. Arethusa came ,too - she had seen the Nyes at the performance of his "The Seven Deadly Sins" in Stirling. The party was delightful. What Text