Carta 91b
Summary
In his letter to his son Christopher, Tolkien details his recent activities, including concluding his Beowulf lectures and dedicating substantial time to developing the time-scheme and incidents for Book 5 of The Lord of the Rings. This task proves challenging, necessitating significant revisions and potential changes to the map. Tolkien also describes attending a pleasant examiners' meeting at Balliol, hosted by M. R. Ridley, where an amusing error in the exam papers was discovered.
Additionally, Tolkien recounts a humorous anecdote shared by Mrs. de Boisse about an English subaltern's linguistic mishap during the last war. He concludes by mentioning a two-hour meeting at Magdalen with C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams, where discussions on prosody and Charles Lamb took place, although Tolkien admits to not particularly appreciating Lamb's work.
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