11th July 1924
Mr. Shipley
Yorkshire
Mr. Maclagan,
It has occurred to me that I might as well let you know, at once, that my gloomy views as to my prospects in the finals have been sadly justified.
Towards the end I found myself behind hand with the work and decided it was necessary to make a last desperate effort. I did – and cracked up badly on the eve of the exams. At present, I am in a state of nervous exhaustion and what is expressively if vulgarly called “fed up”.
As a matter of fact, the exams are not quite finished – but in my case the results are quite certain. After 12 exams in 12 successive days, I have a gap of nearly a fortnight before the last one, so am recuperating at home in the interval.
My chief disappointment lies in the fact that I was unable to persuade other people that my chances were very small + consequently can’t help

1924年7月11日
摩拉維亞弟兄會牧師住宅
白爾登
Shipley先生
約克夏
Maclagan先生您好：
我覺得我應該讓你知道一件事，很不幸，我對我期末考成績的悲觀猜測，恐已成真了。
我到後面發現我課業趕不上進度，因此決定孤注一擲，但很不幸考試前晚崩潰。我現在身心徹底疲乏，僅能以「受夠了」（確實有點不雅）的字眼形容現在的心情。
　事實上，考試尚未結束，但我對我自己考試情況及結果非常清楚。經連12天的12場考試，每場考試僅隔一晚，我也都選擇在家裡休息。
我最大的遺憾在於我未能讓其他人了解，我考好可的能性本來就很渺茫，