Letter from Cairo to Mr Andrew Langton, London, dated 6 Aug 1927

Dear Langers,

Thank you for your letter. I'm glad you approved of the wedding gift. You can call it art or an antique if you like and it is indeed both of those things but it is also promotes fertility. I'm assuming that being a man of God, you will want to be getting straight to business of having a son and heir and not just simply practising for years to hone the technique if you get my meaning.

Just wanted to say, super knees up the wedding. Wonderful ceremony, the bride looked radiant and the food was really the crow's toes. The groom was a little underwhelming though but then I always said Kitty was too good for you. Lottie enjoyed herself as you no doubt heard. Desperation manifests itself in such diverse ways. Auntie is still clinging on to the vane hope that the two of them will get together but apart from a couple of further ill advised drunken escapades, they have not been seen together since. Lottie as you know is quite a spirited old girl and tends to do what she feels without any particular regard for social etiquette. Bunty is just glad to be able to take what he can get. Lottie called him very sweet the last time they met. That's the kiss of death for any relationship. All has gone quiet now but that leaves me uneasy. No one is talking about it at home; in fact they are going out of their way not to talk about it in public which means they are talking about it in private; planning, conniving and conspiring.
Oh call me paranoid if you will, but mark my words, something is up and when something is up, that's usually really bad news for me.

Let me know if you hear anything.

All the best to you and Kitty.

Jack,