BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [23 MAY 1917?]
BRACERS 19166. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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My loved Darling

The wonderful happiness of yesterday evening has remained with me, a glow of warmth in my heart — My beautiful one, I cannot tell you how happy I was — and still am — I bless you every moment for all you are to me —

I will come tomorrow about seven — then we can have a walk before dinner if it is fine.

I hope you are not ill today — I felt afraid you had caught a chill in the Park.3

Great things are happening in the world of Labour — there is a chance of a real peace movement at last. The engineers’ strike4 is in some degree due to the new spirit.  There will be an important occasion at Leeds on June 3,5 that I shall want to go to if possible.

Goodbye till tomorrow my Angel — you have filled me full of joy.

B.

• 1

  [document] Document 200142.

• 2

  [date] The archivist assigned the date of 23 May 1917 to this letter.

• 3

  in the Park Colette had agreed to an outing to Richmond Park in her letter of 20 May 1917 (BRACERS 113024).

• 4

  engineers’ strike A tentative settlement to the engineers’ strike over the Munitions of War Amendment Bill had been reached on 19 May 1917. The strike was large, involving workers in Woolwich, Sheffield, Manchester and Bolton.

• 5

  important occasion at Leeds on June 3 A conference on the Russian Revolution organized by the United Socialist Council. BR did attend and speak. See What Happened at Leeds (1917), published by the Council of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Delegates (B&R B8). His speech is 40 in Papers 14.