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William Cloud Hicklin · 11-07-2006, 10:44 PM

Well, in 1947 JRRT was just scraping by (Oxford officially permitted dons to marry by then, but they certainly didn't raise their pay to cover it!) OTOH, by the time of Tolkien's flight to Bournemouth, Rings money had made him quite well-to-do.

11-07-2006, 10:44 PM	#9
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,301	Well, in 1947 JRRT was just scraping by (Oxford officially permitted dons to marry by then, but they certainly didn't raise their pay to cover it!) OTOH, by the time of Tolkien's flight to Bournemouth, Rings money had made him quite well-to-do.