[Writes for his birthday; says she has learned from newspapers that he delivered Of Time and the River to Scribner's; keeps copy of Look Homeward, Angel he gave her; reflects on years of closeness; discusses her illness; hopes her assistant can finish the work on 2 coming plays; urges him to see Judgement Day by Elmer Rice for which she did sets; tries to rewrite stories he refused to return and hopes to publish them, but not without his consent; complains about his refusal to communicate; finds it easy to curse Jews; urges him to look inside himself; says she understands his agony and bitterness; wishes him well and knows they will not speak again.]

[Writes in installments; describes accommodations in Paris , places he has been; acknowledges her cables and letter; says theater news upsets him; talks about plays in London and shows in Paris ; thinks of returning to New York and having to hear about [Eugene] O'Neill , [Sidney] Howard , [Jules] Romain , and [Franz] Wertfel , as he envies their theater work and success; reminisces about their first meeting, their discussion of [James] Joyce 's " Exiles "; remarks about Pygmalion , Gulliver's Travels ; mentions her remarks about being a self-made success; feels contempt people like her have for him; describes graphic sexual fantasies; reproves her for not writing enough; makes antisemitic remarks; plans to go to Strasbourg and Germany ; feels depressed about lack of progress on the book; responds to her hope to have him in New York for New Year's; asks if the quality of their relationship does not deserve more openness.]