BRACERS Record Detail for 18693
To access the original letter, email the Russell Archives.
"Friday My Dearest Ottoline—I must have sounded very distant on the telephone just now, but the whole household including my brother was listening."
The letter is no earlier than the day BR was released early from prison on Sept. 14. Monk 1: 541 says they spent Sept. 25 together at Richmond Park, and Jobson-Darroch says they spent the first day at a Bach concert at Wigmore Hall. However, the 14th was a Saturday, so this letter is later than the first day.
BR TO OTTOLINE MORRELL, [14 SEPT. 1918]
BRACERS 18693. ALS. Texas
Proofread by K. Blackwell
Friday
My dearest Ottoline —
I must have sounded very distant on the telephone just now, but the whole household including my brother was listening.
I am very happy that we have achieved a new friendship. It is really important to me. But I know we mustn’t let it slip into being more than is really possible — if we do, the old troubles will come back. There is a real deep spiritual intimacy which comes of having the same kind of purpose: that is the rock on which everything is built.
I was really happy last night.
Your
B
Edited by
Verified with scan of original: K. Blackwell, 2018/08/31
Transcribed AD 2014/07/17
Proofed BW 2014/08/18
Exp/TS Checked AW 2015/02/17
