from Ray Monk’s biography of Wittgenstein
Dear Mrs Stewart,
I must apologise for an untruth I told you today in Miss Pate’s office. I said that I had seen Mrs Thomson recently in Birmingham; and only when I came home this evening it occurred to me that this wasn’t true at all. I stayed with the Bachtin’s a few weeks ago in Birmingham and I tried to see Mrs Thomson and we had a talk on the phone; but I wasn’t able to see her. When I talked to you this afternoon what was in my head was that I had seen Mrs Thomson at your house before she went to Birmingham.
Please forgive my stupidity.
Yours sincerely, L. Wittgenstein
Thanks to my friend James.
