BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [16 FEB. 1920]
BRACERS 19616. 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
Monday night3

Beloved

It was heavenly getting a glimpse of you yesterday,4 and seeing you looking so happy. I am glad you were a success5 — Bless you my lovely Darling — I do love you, Sweetheart — You make me think of all fresh and lovely things — the dew on May mornings, the Teme6 where it ripples over stones, the mysterious little wind that plays over the surface of the Mediterranean on summer nights — lovely and delicate, born out of nothing, vanishing into nothing, but seeming the very breath of the unknown infinite — My Dear, My Angel, My Soul’s Joy, goodnight — I kiss your dear eyes —

B

• 1

  [document] Document 200609.

• 2

  [envelope] Miss Colette O’Niel | c/o F. Forbes-Robertson Esq | “Mice and Men” Co. | Wellington | Sulop. Pmk: BATTERSEA S.W.11. | 11.45 PM | 16 FEB 20

• 3

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

• 4

  getting a glimpse of you yesterday Colette had stopped to see him in London when she travelled from Ramsgate to Wellington, Shropshire.

• 5

  you were a success Colette was touring with the Frank Forbes-Robertson theatre company. For further information, see BRACERS 19599, n.6.

• 6

  the Teme The river at Ashford Carbonel, Shropshire, where they had spent idyllic holidays.