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Then Hemingway's widow made a great deal of trouble. She tried to stop the book on the grounds that she owned all of these stories. Well, that's ridiculous of course. The case was thrown out of court, but she did raise a terrible fuss, mainly because I think she had given the rights to somebody else to write this story. It was a man named Baker down at Princeton, and of course this book cuts the ground right out from under it. She says that Hotchner wasn't telling the truth. Well, whether he was or not, it was a pretty fascinating book.

With Hemingway, did you ever entertain him at all?

No, no--never knew him well enough. Oh, no. He was really an acquaintance.

How about John Marquand?

Marquand again was an acquaintance--a very charming one--but I never knew him terribly well. Incidentally, John Marquand, Jr.'s wife, Sue Marquand, works for Random House today--one of the most enchanting girls that ever lived. She's a daughter of Tom Coward of Coward-McCann and a member of the well-known Canfield family. She's very pretty and works rather spasmodically, but when she does she's great. Everybody loves her. She's a charming, wonderful girl.