Lewis' father is worried about Jack coming home on "holydays" (as Jack insists no spelling it) due to the German submarine threat. Albert seems to be having a good bit of difficulty emotionally and Jack feels he must keep writing letters to lift his spirits or to calm his worries.
There are a lot of letters to Arthur here. They write back and forth about books they are reading and grammaphone recordings of classical music they like; especially Wagner. Jack doesn't mind taking Arthur to task about things. It reminds me of the way Kirk treated him; Kirk's ways would be expected to rub off onto Jack.
Hooper reminds us on p. 115 of the first compilation of Lewis' poems: Metrical Meditations of a Cod. Ha!
The Belgian is not out of the picture! He also thinks Mansfield Park is "almost" Austen's best. He liked Edmund.
Jack is especially enamored with William Morris' writings at this time. Morris becomes the subject on one occasion (25 May) of one of the few irreverent statements by Jack. He likens Morris to God, as he appears in Rev. 4. He also expresses a desire to be able to learn how to skip out of a church service like Arthur seems to be able to do on occasion, due to some "heart fit" during a sermon. These are sad.
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