BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [9 AUG. 1920]
BRACERS 19681. 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 mg.3

My Beloved

It was very very hard saying goodbye to you — I love you like my very life — Bless you, bless you, my Heart’s Comrade.4 You have been so wonderful and dear — You are generous and tender and full of love — O my Love, I send you my heart and all my deepest devotion — Goodbye5 —

B

<on the verso of the envelope:> Lovely flowers just come

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  [document] Document 200684.

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  [envelope] Miss Colette O’Niel | “Milestones” Co. | The Theatre | Leicester. Pmk: BATTERSEA S.W.11 | 3.30 PM | 9 AUG 20

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

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  Heart’s Comrade For information on the use of the term, see BRACERS 19145, n.12.

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  Goodbye Russell was leaving in a week with Dora Black to spend a year in China.