Chapter 28: 27

27 John Munting to Elizabeth Drake 15a, Whittington Terrace, Bayswater [The opening sheets of this letter are lost, but the date is evidently some time in January.] … proofs coming along at express speed, I am enjoying a magnificent illusion of importance and busyness. The novel will be out before the Life, which is being held up considerably by copyright bothers over the plates. All the better, as it is a mistake to bung two books out right on top of one another. I am feeling …