BR TO DORA RUSSELL, 29 MAR. 1946
BRACERS 20216. ALS. McMaster. SLBR 2: #473
Edited by N. Griffin. Proofread by K. Blackwell

Trinity College
Cambridge.
29.3.46

Dear Dora

I have now had long letters from both John and Kate about John’s affairs. John’s state of mind causes us very great anxiety, as it seems not very sane. But I don’t think there is anything we can do for him beyond being generally sympathetic and kind. I note that he still thinks possible he may marry Jacky, which might be the best thing.1 Perhaps he will work through to something good, when the excitement has died down. I feel that Kate, being on the spot, can do more for him than we can. As for his wish to reconcile you and me, I think we may consider ourselves sufficiently reconciled to satisfy him. For the rest we can only hope that he will work out his own salvation.

Yours
B.R.

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  he may marry Jacky, which might be the best thing Although he married within the year, it was not to a Jacky. She might have been Jacquie Holden, a pupil at Beacon Hill School contemporaneous with John.