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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Yorke
chez M. Schlosser, Cugnon—Montehan, A la Semois.
May 13 [1929]
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Yours (dateless) from Ft. Hampton[?].
As per my last, I doubt whether Albert the Great will anticipate my wish to come to Blighty.
It is, as you say, largely a
matter of L. & D. I've wrote
They seem to be selling books there at last!
Once I get to town, I'll go after publishers. But it would be useless, on a shoestring.
I don't expect Old Nick [Lieutenant Colonel John Carter] to do more that shoot up the 27 airplane bandits. Taint his job.
But I expect to get access to Foreign Secretaries at [illegible] in one way or another. The Americans may be 1/10 of 1%. "Besides they always smell of bread and butter". Only now-a-days, it's cocktails.
When you say I was "present" at the "poisoning" of Lytton in Burmah": I observe:
1. His name was Litton.
2. As far as I know, his poisoning was merely a theory of my own.
3. You were "present" too, only about 6 weeks journey away, whereas I was only 4 or 5 days.
4. He wasn't in Burmah, but in China.
My few brains are misting[?] for want of use.
Greenlaw is the third cousin twice removed of Mrs. 'Arris, out of [illegible]. I saved his life at the Battle of Agincourt, but an arrow-wound (fostered by Arthur Machen) left him mentally non compos. Any further details?
Won't Lloyd's furnish a bond about those young virgins[?]?
Apart from that, your accuracy is almost painful!
I doubt whether Nick is omniscient. But we'll see.
No word from Carney.
Lecram [Press]?
Expect to be in Brussels Monday 27th.
Hope arrange marriage fully Sunday, with you as best man, and all return together to England [illegible] and Beauty!
Do tell me about all these murders in Paris!
One day we'll blow up all this with One International Laugh.
93 93/93
In haste
Fraternally
666.
P.S. Mrs. Walker invited me long ago to stay (gratis) at 19 [illegible]. Does this hold?
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