A General Air Of Diffident Arrogance

      It's been coming down the pike now for almost four years, but it's finally arrived: the correspondence of the late Sir John Gielgud, and the qualities so regularly associated with Sir John are in abundance-- his lacerating wit, his emotional histrionics, his frequent obliviousness to codes of policy and kindness. The NY Times has a preliminary review here that's worth reading, particularly for a sampling of Sir John's proclivity toward bone-slicing assessment. And my kids think I'm tough.... They'd have beshatten their pants severally had they worked under a Gielgud.