BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [3 NOV. 1919?]
BRACERS 19572. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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70, Overstrand Mansions,
Prince of Wales Road,
Battersea, S.W.1^, 2
Monday3

My Beloved

What a heavenly time it was — I shall never forget those enchanted woods4 with the quiet river gliding beneath them — Oh I do love you, my heart’s Life — I am longing to see you as Helen again5 tomorrow — Dear one, take care of yourself — you are most precious, my Cherub — All happiness be about you my Heart’s Comrade6 —

B.

No time for more —

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  [document] Document 200561.

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  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | 6 Mecklenburgh Square | W.C.1. Pmk: BATTERSEA S.W. | 7 15 PM | 20 OCT 19

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  [date] The date is an assumption based on BR seeing her as Helen again. If true, the envelope cannot belong to this letter.

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  enchanted woods They were supposed to go to the woods to celebrate Colette’s birthday on Friday 24 October.

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  Helen again There are three possibilities for BR to see her play Helen in The Trojan Women again at the Old Vic: 21 or 28 October or 4 November 1919. He had seen it for the first time on 14 October. The 21st is obviously before her birthday, which they spent in the woods; the 28th in his pocket diary notes an appointment with his tailor for 4 p.m., and there is also a letter (BRACERS 19575) which has been dated 28 October in which he writes that he wonders how the play is going; finally November 4th had him at Caxton Hall at 2 p.m., according to his pocket diary. It appears he planned on seeing the play afterwards or did not go to Caxton.

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  Heart’s Comrade For information on the use of the term, see BRACERS 19145, n.12.