The Raj Quartet, Volume 1: The Jewel In The Crown: The Jewel In The Crown Vol 1 (Phoenix Fiction) - Plot & Excerpts
(Ex-ICS) [1] I was interested in what you sent me of the late Brigadier Reid’s unpublished memoirs describing his relationship with the civil authority in Mayapore in 1942. I didn’t keep a diary, as Reid appears to have done, and it is a long time since I thought much about any of the events in question, but I am sure that from a military point of view his account is a viable enough reconstruction of what happened. From the civil point of view there are of course some inaccuracies, or anyway gaps in the narrative or alternative interpretations, that would need attention if a more general and impersonal picture were required to emerge. I doubt, however, that there is much I myself can contribute all this time after. I have not been in India since 1948 and have long since lost touch with both old friends and old memories. I can confirm that Ronald Merrick did indeed succeed in obtaining his release from the Indian Police, but I was not concerned in any way with this and knew of no official reason why the authorities should have agreed, in his case, to let him go.
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