Letter 74a

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 74a
Recipient	Christopher Tolkien
Date	7 July 1944
Subject(s)	C.S. Lewis

Letter 74a is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition.

Summary

In an airgraph to his son Christopher, Tolkien mentions that C.S. Lewis underwent surgery to address a throat issue and to remove a piece of shrapnel from his arm, which he had carried since 1917. Tolkien also recounts enjoying a pint with Charles Williams, who returned two chapters of The Lord of the Rings that he had typed up.