BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [20 APR. 1917]
BRACERS 19136. AL. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

<London>

Paddn.1^, 2^, 3 3.18 Goring 5.0

Will meet in train — get as near front as possible — will find you there.

Station Goring.

Fearful lot to do — CEM4 came here last night, waited till 12, and left an awful budget!

Hurrah for the SUN — I feel alive, bursting with joy — wild with it —

• 1

  [document] Document 200110.

• 2

  [date] The date of 20 April is quite tentative. Assuming the letter belongs to 1917, it appears the earliest it could have been written is April. The winter of 1916–17 was terrible with The Times reporting that there had only been seven hours of bright sunshine in January and February. March continued along the same lines and the poor weather continued into April, with the gloomy conditions requiring artificial light at 11 am on 1 April (“Wintry April”, 2 April 1917, p. 5; “The Artic Spring”, 13 April, p. 3). BR and Colette had been discussing a day in the country; on 19 April BR wrote that he felt well enough to go (BRACERS 19152; although this letter also has an assigned date).

• 3

  Paddn. Paddington station in London.

• 4

  CEM Catherine Marshall (1880–1961). For information on her, see BRACERS 19043, n.5.