BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [24 FEB. 1920]
BRACERS 19622. 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^,3

Beloved

I wonder how you are getting on at Blackburn.4 C.A.5 was speaking there Sunday night, but didn’t know you were there till he was on his way to the station Monday morning.

I desperately want to be with you while you are free — could we be really properly together in London? If so, it would be easier for me, and probably for you, than going away. I might be able to get my flat6 — If not, is there any way we could manage? It may be our last chance till Kingdom Come.

Bless you my Beloved — All my heart is with you —

B

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  [document] Document 200615.

• 2

  [envelope] Miss Colette O’Niel | c/o F. Forbes Robertson Esq | “Mice and Men” Co. | Blackburn | Lancs. Pmk: BATTERSEA S.W.11 | 1.15 PM | 24 FEB 20

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

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  at Blackburn Colette was there with the Frank Forbes-Robertson touring theatre company.

• 5

  C.A. (Reginald) Clifford Allen (1889–1939). For information on him, see BRACERS 19046, n.7.

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  able to get my flat BR’s flat at 34 Russell Chambers, Bury Street (now Bury Place), which he was subletting to Frank Swinnerton.