 In another letter to Howard Sturgis, following a long visit, James refers jocularly to their "happy little congress of two".In letters to Hugh Walpole he pursues convoluted jokes and puns about their relationship, referring to himself as an elephant who "paws you oh so benevolently" and winds about Walpole his "well meaning old trunk".His letters to Walter Berry printed by the Black Sun Press have long been celebrated for their lightly veiled eroticism.