14 OCTOBER 1989, Page 32

Alive and reading

Sir: I am a Spectator reader who once had the temerity to send junk mail to Lord St Germans (Letters, 28 September). I have not received back my pamphlet franked `Deceased'.

Am I to presume, hope against hope, that he has read me and that this, coupled with his presence in your columns, heralds a return to literacy amongst the propertied classes?

Francis Dineley

Aubrey House, Aubrey Walk, London W8