BRACERS Record Detail for 19402
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"Waterloo great haste. Darling—One line to wish you well and bring you love."
BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [17 DEC. 1918]
BRACERS 19402. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell
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Waterloo great haste1, 2, 3 —
Darling
One line to wish you well and bring you love — I stayed at G. S.4 after all, as no reply came from Eve.5 — They managed somehow —
Just off6 — happy already thinking of sea and wind and sky — and you O my Beloved —
B
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[document] Document 200392.
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[envelope] Miss O’Niel | 20 Endsleigh Gardens | N.W. Pmk: LONDON S.E.1. | 1.15 PM | 17 DEC 18F
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[date] Colette wrote “17 Dec 1918” on the letter.
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G. S. 57 Gordon Square, the home of BR’s brother Frank.
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Eve Evelyn Walsh Hall, film and stage actress. For information on her, see BRACERS 19394, n.8.
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Just off BR was leaving for Lynton, Devon; Colette would join him later.
