BR TO OTTOLINE MORRELL, [22 JULY 1911]
BRACERS 17235. ALS. Morrell papers #155, Texas
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Trinity College,
Cambridge.1^, 2
Sat. afternoon.

My Darling

I am sitting in my room with as little on as decency permits, mainly trying to keep cool. The heat is terrific, and I am thinking that Miss Sands’s fête will be a severe trial of endurance. I only hope you are not having thunderstorms.

The Whiteheads want me to go to them during the first week in August. If you are not going to Truro then, I will go at the week-end, and come here for Monday night only. But if you could go to Truro that week, I would go to them in the middle of the week — say Thursday to Saturday. They can’t have me later because Alys is coming — at best it would have to be a good deal later.

I had a very long night last night — 7½ to 8 hours — and feel much rested. Since you enjoy details I will tell all I can remember. I dined at an Inn as I was on my way from the station — cold lamb and stewed apricots — got to my rooms at 9.30, found stacks of proofs as I expected, wrote some letters, sorted and dated your letters and put them into their box and made a bonfire of the envelopes, and got to bed before 12. This morning my 2 young men arrived as I was finishing breakfast (2 boiled eggs as always). I talked to them for 1½ hours about fractions, real numbers, positive and negative, and such topics. Then I read my paper, with much pleasure in Asquith’s announcement. Then I looked through some of the proofs and took a sheet to the Press; since then I have written a number of letters, lunched (bread and marmalade as always), and began looking through the typed stuff about tables etc. (I hope you noticed that the table was not your table, but the big one I found here.) I have to finish this, take the other chapters to be done, look through 2 sheets of proofs, and lecture again Monday.

By the way, the other day I saw Syngh in a bookshop in Vigo Street, so he is evidently to be had now. May I get him for you as I have yours? I shall do so unless you write to the contrary.

It is too hot for any other thought. I am fearing you must be getting knocked up. I do hope there will be a letter from you by the last post tonight — if not, there will be one tomorrow morning. I rather miss your letters when I am with you! They are so wonderful and say so much that you seldom say in speech. I think if we were completely free, I should go away sometimes for the sake of your letters. — I am thinking about prisons and getting ideas on the subject. Goodbye Darling. All my love and reverence goes to you.

Your
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