TCG Letter #271 / Carpenter Letter #119

Tolkien tells Ronald Eames at GA&U that he does not have the time to retype Farmer Giles of Ham, nor does he feel that it is required. He asks that they retrieve the copy that is currently with Pauline Baynes and send her the uncorrected proof. He also remarks that the typing of a fair copy of The Lord of the Rings is a great labour and that the cost of professional typing is impossible for him to manage.