This letter, no. 1, was typed for a literary collection of their letters. The original is not present, but there is a version in the Malleson-Urch ts., same date, document .104579c, record 112934, letter no. 3.

This document is signed "M", the initial chosen to represent Colette in the collection. It has been crossed out and replaced with "C". The fictional address "Edwardes Square" has been replaced by "Bernard Street". This contradicts the instructions of Russell in document .052351a, record 99799, where he writes that "Edwardes Square" should be changed to "Mecklenburgh Square".