BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 25 JAN. 1918
BRACERS 19282. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

<London>
Jan. 25. 19181^, 2

My Beloved

Your dear dear letter3 this morning is an unspeakable joy — It was happy at the Studio4 — I felt very very near you — and filled full of love — I do hope we shan’t grow so far apart ever again — It was awful — I am still feeling battered from the effects of it, but absolutely happy now — I wish I needn’t have said so many horrid things, but nothing would ever have come right if I hadn’t.

It was not anything you told me about Maurice5 that made me feel what I did about him, but what I knew already — Your talking about him helped to make him human and real to me — but did not quite overcome the former impression.

My dear one, you have been wonderful in the power of love by which you have conquered my bad humours. I love you my Heart — my tender thoughts are with you every moment. Goodbye my Beloved —

B

• 1

  [document] Document 200269.

• 2

  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | 6 Mecklenburgh Square | W.C.1. Pmk: ? | 1.15 PM | 25 JAN 18

• 3

  Your dear dear letter Her letter of 24 January 1918 (BRACERS 113121).

• 4

  the Studio The place BR and Colette rented on the ground floor at 5 Fitzroy Street, Soho, London W1. For further information on it, see BRACERS 19247, n.4.

• 5

  Maurice Maurice Elvey (1887–1967), film director. For information on him, see BRACERS 19056, n.5.