BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 27 NOV. 1919
BRACERS 19588. 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
27.11.19

My dearest Darling

Thank you for your dear letter.3 You needn’t damn Harrison’s soul — “neurotic” only means “nervy”, which is nothing very terrible. His letter4 is really quite complimentary.

You can very profitably employ the char5 for washing etc., without having to see her. Anyhow you have got to employ her and pay her wages, as I don’t want to lose her. I enclose 2 guineas, which is her wages for 6 weeks. She is harmless, only florid and exuberant.

Sat. at Convention6 — we will go out together for meals — how like old times it will seem. Very busy — mustn’t write more — All the love in the world my Beloved, my Heart’s Comrade.7

B

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  [document] Document 200577.

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  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | 6 Mecklenburgh Square | W.C.1. Pmk: BATTERSEA S.W. | 3.30 PM | 27 NOV 19

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  your dear letter Not extant.

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

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

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  Sat. at Convention The last convention of the No-Conscription Fellowship, held 29–30 November 1919. An issue of The Tribunal, no. 181 (20 Nov. 1919) was devoted to its programme. The next issue, no. 182 (8 Jan. 1920) was devoted to the convention’s proceedings. Founded to fight conscription during the First World War, the organization disbanded at this convention.

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  Heart’s Comrade For use of this term, see BRACERS 19145, n.12.