BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [26 NOV. 1919]
BRACERS 19586. 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
Wed.3

Beloved

Thank you for your dear little line.4 It was a wonderful time we had together —

I saw the woman5 who works at my flat6 — She is large and florid and a fearful talker. I told her she was to work for you, but if I were you I should give her work she can do outside, washing for instance — you couldn’t stand her.

Enclosed from Harrison7 is really quite encouraging — He doesn’t want to be too enthusiastic because of course he doesn’t want to be committed in advance to taking future things.

All my love Darling — Too busy for more — I love you with all my Soul —

B

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  [document] Document 200575.

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  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | 6 Mecklenburgh Square | W.C.1. Pmk: BATTERSEA | 1.16 PM | 26 NOV 19

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

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  dear little line Not extant.

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  the woman This would not be Mrs. Saich, who worked for BR for several years, but someone else, a Mrs. Wand.

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  my flat 34 Russell Chambers, Bury Street (later renamed Bury Place), London WC1.

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  Enclosed from Harrison A letter, 24 November 1919, from Austin Harrison of TheEnglish Review, which had published Colette’s short story “The End” under a pseudonym. He writes: “I think Christine Harte’s stories are quite good, though a little bit neurotic perhaps, in tendency, but the technique is good” (BRACERS 19587).