BRACERS Record Detail for 19887

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
596
Document no.
200894A
Box no.
6.68
Source if not BR
Malleson, Constance
Recipient(s)
Malleson, Constance
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1950/01/04
Form of letter
ALS
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
FFE
Notes and topics

"My Dear Colette I must accept your decision. Your letter makes me aware how much I have been to blame, and I will not attempt any defence. You knew me at my best; since then I have deteriorated. For all the pain I have caused you I am sorry. So this must be goodbye, with love always. B."

Transcription

BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 4 JAN. 1950
BRACERS 19887. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

<letterhead>
Penralltogoc
Llan Ffestiniog
Merioneth
4 January 19501

My dear Colette

I must accept your decision. Your letter2 makes me aware how much I have been to blame, and I will not attempt any defence. You knew me at my best; since then I have deteriorated.3 For all the pain I have caused you I am sorry. So this must be goodbye, with love always.

B.

  • 1

    [document] Document 200894A. BR did not mail this letter directly to Colette; he enclosed it in a letter to Phyllis Urch, dated 4 January 1950 (BRACERS 19888).

  • 2

    Your letter 3 January 1950, 15 pages typed, sent by registered mail (BRACERS 98449; there is also a much worked over draft of the letter (BRACERS 107296) and notes for and fragments of it in RA box 6.63, file E.

  • 3

    deteriorated Peter encouraged BR in this belief about himself in her comments written on old correspondence.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
19887
Record created
Jan 27, 2006
Record last modified
Dec 04, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana