"My Dear, The day of my departure comes near, I have a thousand things to do, yet I sit here idle, thinking useless thoughts, the irrelevant, rebellious thoughts that well-regulated people never think, the thoughts that one hopes to banish by work, but that themselves banish work instead."

The date is written as April 24 1920 in Malleson's hand. She has also written the following on it: I; no. I for book in green ink with circle around it; London (twice)—one has a line through it; Cheyne Walk (scratched over with red ink).

The letter was actually written after Russell's return from Russia on 30 June 1920. This is a transcription of document .200662, record 19660.

The word "notable" is written by hand.

There are three other transcriptions:

Carbon copy of this transcription, document .052462, record 99948
Document .052454, record 99930; different typing.
Autobiography, document .0070050F2, pp. 148-9, record 116388.