BRACERS Record Detail for 17923

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
69
Document no.
000788
Box no.
2.62
Source if not BR
Texas, U. of, HRC
Recipient(s)
Morrell, Ottoline
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1913/05/29*
Form of letter
ALS(DX)
Pieces
1E
BR's address code (if sender)
TC
Notes and topics

"Thursday afternoon"

Visited Whiteheads yesterday—Whitehead fairly well again though tired. Wittgenstein here.

Transcription

BR TO OTTOLINE MORRELL, [29 MAY 1913]
BRACERS 17923. ALS. Morrell papers #788, Texas
Proofread by K. Blackwell et al.


<letterhead>
Trinity College,
Cambridge.1, 2
Thursday aftn.

My Darling Love

It is sad that Vittoz wants you to stay on, but if he does you good it would be worth a much longer stay. I am not at all hurt by your not wanting me to come out. It is really better for me too — I ought not to spend the money, and the time too is rather precious, while I have this book in my head. I should like to have got the whole first draft done — until that is done, I shan’t really have a free mind, but shall have the sense of something unfinished that I ought to be finishing. When I have finished the first draft I shan’t mind leaving it for ever so long to mature.

I enjoyed my visit to the Whiteheads yesterday — they were both very nice. Whitehead is fairly well again, but still tired. I stayed to dinner and came back by the last train.

Wittgenstein is here so I can’t write much. I am still writing as hard as I can. I go to the Whiteheads again for Monday night, so would you please address your Sunday letter to my flat as I shall sleep there Monday night. I haven’t slept there since the last time I saw you.

The heat is oppressive but it suits me well enough. Mrs W. repeated how well I looked — she says I am getting fat!

Goodbye Darling. Much love. I must stop.

Your
B

  • 1

    [document] Document 000788. Proofread against a colour scan of the original.

  • 2

    [envelope] A circled “788”. The Lady Ottoline Morrell | 3 Avenue Agassiz | Lausanne | Switzerland. Pmk: CAMBRIDGE | 3.15 PM | 29 MAY 13

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Transcription Public Access
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Record no.
17923
Record created
Mar 24, 2005
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana