BRACERS Record Detail for 17907
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"Tuesday morning" "I am in the middle of explaining what is meant by 'the present time', which is puzzling, and preoccupies my thoughts."
BR TO OTTOLINE MORRELL, [13 MAY 1913]
BRACERS 17907. ALS. Morrell papers #774, Texas
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Trinity College,
Cambridge.1, 2
Tuesday mg
My Darling
I was very glad of your letter this morning, and glad that J. is better — I do hope she will soon be well. Your letter of last Wed. never arrived. I got a letter on Wed. morning posted at Folkestone and then I didn’t get another till Sat., which was the one you wrote in Paris Thursday. I wish the Wed. letter had come — I long to know what was in it. Do tell me if you can remember. — I went to lunch with Sir Charles and Lady Waldstein yesterday — she is fat, good-natured, motherly, with a large family of daughters, he is horrid, yet I found myself thinking him not wholly odious. There was a Levison Gower there who used to be Liberal Whip — I rather liked him. — I got through my daily 10 pages between tea and dinner, and various people came in in the evening. This morning it is heavenly, and I am writing out of doors. Mildred asked me to come and see her in London tomorrow but I am not going as I don’t want to lose the time.
I will send Midshipman Easy to J. I hardly know what I want myself — sometimes I have thought it would be nice to have 4 candle shades and then I could use my candles when I have a dinner-party — But I don’t know whether that would be best — I have so few desires of that sort. I think a book is really nicer perhaps. Yes I should like Salimbene very much — thank you.
Now I must go back to my writing. I am in the middle of explaining what is meant by “the present time”, which is puzzling, and preoccupies my thoughts — All goes very well with me and I am very happy — Your letter this morning was such a dear letter Darling. My thoughts are with you every moment, and full of love.
Your
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