Letter 40a

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 40a
Recipient	Christopher Tolkien
Date	20 October 1940
Subject(s)	Personal news

Letter 40a is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition.

Summary

Tolkien wrote that he hoped Christopher, then age 15 and a student at The Oratory School, had not had any air-raids lately, and that "nothing either amusing or interesting" had happened in the previous week. However, some bombs had fallen on Friday, one of them loud enough to awaken Priscilla and Edith, and the early blackout time was irksome, as it prevented Tolkien from going anywhere in the evening. Tolkien also mentioned a "quick pint with Lewis".