BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [28 AUG. 1917]
BRACERS 19202. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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Tuesday1^, 2^, 3

My Darling, my Heart

Two wonderful letters4 from you came this morning — they werea a joy — I have loved them more than I can say.

Will I come to the Attic5 Saturday? Yes
Will I stay? Yes
Will I be with you all Sunday? The reply is in the affirmative.
And Sunday night? But by that time I shall have died of joy and it will be the undertaker you will want.

One never can tell when a Comee6 will be over, but we have nothing very controversial, so with luck it should be over about 5 on Sat.  If I can, I will phone to you at luncheon time Sat. to let you know the prospects.  But I have forgotten your number.

I am glad you are going to see Marie at Manchester.7

Have you been very unwell? You said nothing about it before but I wondered if you had.

C.E.M.8 hasn’t the faintest idea there is anything between you and me — she talks to me about you as if you were only a casual acquaintance of mine as well as of hers. I am glad. I don’t want discussions with her.

My dearest sweetest Darling, my lovely Angel, I long for you — I can hardly let myself think of the joy of being in your arms once more — in the home of my heart — A hundred thousand kisses, my dear one, and all my love —

B —

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  [document] Document 200182.

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  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | Hawse End | Keswick. Pmk: LONDON.W.C | 3.15 PM | AUG 28 17C

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  [date] The date is taken from the envelope postmark.

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  Two wonderful letters Her letters of 26 August and and 27 August 1917 (BRACERS 113051 and 113052).

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  the Attic 6 Mecklenburgh Sq., the new flat of Colette of Miles. When they first moved there, it was called the New Attic to distinguish it from the original Attic.

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  Comee The National Committee of the No-Conscription Fellowship.

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  Marie at Manchester Marie Blanche was a friend of Colette’s whom she was going to visit at the Gaiety Theatre, after she left the Lake District. Colette had first met Marie at the Academy of Dramatic Arts where they were students.

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  C.E.M, Catherine Marshall (1880–1961). For further information on her, see BRACERS 19043, n.5.

Textual Notes

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  were This word is underlined four times.