"Monday morning. This is just about plans."

"Letters completed reassuring will agree to any plans but please decide for or against Ashford tonight".

"Tuesday My Darling—Your little letter of Sunday was so dear—I thought we had fixed to have a month together, and I was hurt that even at this time you had not enough wish to be with me to give up the search for work for the moment—"

"In taxi Beloved, Heart's Comrade, All my soul is yours—I love you more than ever before—"

"Monday evening" "Miss Black" was found at Waterloo.

Miss Black became Dora Russell.

"Leave Waterloo nine thirty morning arrive one nine overjoyed".

Doubtful of ever having an affair with Miss Black.

Re Dora Russell.

"My Dearest Darling Your letter about Roberts was waiting at the P.O. yesterday afternoon—"

"Thursday My Dearest Darling Your telegram last night was an overwhelming delight to get—very exciting, as I long to know what is happening about your work—"

"Tuesday Beloved—One little word of love to bring you kisses when you wake tomorrow and to tell you that my heart is with you more fully and deeply than ever before."

"Wednesday My Beloved—This place is sadly lifeless without you."

"Thursday Beloved, 2 letters this morning and your French telegram yesterday evening!"

"Thursday evg." "I have made your corrections and am sending the ms registered to the English Review tomorrow—I can't tell you how much it moves me."

[Continues] "Friday I have sent off your ms. and written to Sassoon."

Re Malleson's "The End".

There is a much condensed transcription: document .111274b, record 98480.

"Saturday My Darling Love—It is useless writing today but I can't resist the impulse—thank you for your dear letter this morning."

[Letter is not signed.]

"Monday My Beloved—Your letter was waiting at the P.O. yesterday—I am glad about Helen of Troy—you ought to enjoy it very much indeed."

"Tuesday My Heart's Life—I cannot tell you what a joy it was this morning to get your dear dear letter of Sunday and Monday—"

"Wednesday. My Darling Love—I gave C.A.* your messages, to which he sent suitable replies."

[*Clifford Allen.]

"Thursday My Beloved—Thank you for your little line this morning—I am sorry your morning went to pieces but not surprised—only your writing will suffer, and it is good enough to deserve to be treated with respect."

"Friday My Darling Love—This is a fearful question, whether Helen should be dark or fair!"

"Friday My Beloved—I have just written to the Attic but am not sure of its arriving before you start for Cardiff—I sent you both our thanks for the ties, which are perfect, and which we respectively love."

"Saturday Beloved—No letter from you this morning—I imagine you just missed the post and there will be one this afternoon."

"Sunday My Beloved Your telegram came yesterday aftn.—I'm afraid it means no letter today, but I haven't yet been down for the Sunday post." "Miss Black came."

Malleson annotated this letter on the envelope "Dora arrives at Lulworth."

"Newlands Farm" "Monday mg. My Beloved—It seems a very long time since I had a letter from you."

"Tuesday" BR corrected Malleson's proofs for the English Review. Nothing important.

"Wednesday Beloved—Two letters came from you this morning—"

"Wednesday My Beloved—I was relieved by your telegram yesterday and your letter this morning."

"My Darling Love—A thousand thousand thanks for your dear present for my watch-chain—I do love it, and the love that comes with it makes my heart sing with joy—"

"Sat. mg. My Beloved—This is only a line as it must catch the early post, so it must be written before breakfast—"

"Sunday (haste for post) My Darling Love—Two letters from you yesterday were a joy to get—"

"Anglo-Persian agreement abominable."

"Friday possible have difficulty will come if important letter explained".

"At P.O. Monday Beloved—2 letters from you this aft.—"

"Tuesday My Darling Love—Your telegram came this mg. and I don't know what to answer—"

"Wednesday 2 p.m. My Darling Love—No telegram has come from you yet and I am afraid my letter yesterday may have bothered you—"

"Thursday My Dear Dear Love—Your second telegram yesterday did warm my heart most beautifully—thank you for it."

"Friday My Darling—Your little line came this morning."

"2nd letter Friday Beloved I should tell Mrs said not to come Sunday at all—we can do the work ourselves in a few minutes—"

"Waterloo" "Beloved, Heart of My Heart, I love you more deeply than ever before—and more freely—more securely."

"Tuesday mg. My Heart's Comrade—I found your telegram waiting when I arrived, and your most dear letter this morning was a heavenly surprise—"

"Wed. My Heart's Treasure—I am so sorry about Clare—it is dreadful for her—"

"My Darling Love—I am so glad people are saying nice things about Daphne, and you yourself are happier about your parts."

"Friday. My Dearest Darling—Thank you for your little line this morning—"

"Sunday My Beloved—Thank you so much for telegraphing yesterday—such a dear telegram—"

"Congratulations on English Review. Highest hopes for future".

"Monday" "I do hope you will go on with writing—you have a very real gift for it."

"Tuesday Letters came from you my Beloved yesterday afternoon and this morning."

Dorothy Wrinch and the Nicods have arrived for a visit.

"Wednesday" Colette has written another story.

"Thursday" "My Darling Love—Thank you 1000 times for your letter this morning—"

"Friday My Beloved—I keep thinking of you today, wondering how you are getting on, and how Eve is behaving."

"Delighted congratulations and good wishes Chatsauvage".

"Sunday mg. My Dearest Darling—I was glad of your telegram yesterday—I had been longing to know how Helen went off."

"Monday mg." On her writing.

More on Colette's story, "The End".

"If Jourdain pays me £120, which he owes and I am dunning him for, I shall be well off and able to help."

[I.e., help Colette.]

"Wed. mg. My Darling Love No letter this morning—but I am not at all surprised—"

[Letter is pmk. "Wareham, Dorset". It was posted by Littlewood on his way to town.]

"Friday Beloved—I was glad of your little line saying Young Heaven went well, but I long to know more—whether you were satisfied with your performance, whether people praised it, and so on."

"Thursday" "I enclose £2 2 shillings for 'The End'. The money came by return, without any remarks. Would you like Austin Harrison to go on paying me, or to know who you are? Editors are accustomed to secrets and he could be relied upon—but I enjoy being your agent, and it would give me more pleasure to go on pretending to be you."

"Sunday" On her story "In the Stalls". BR encloses a letter for sending the story to the English Review. [Not present.]

"Monday My Darling Love—No letter from you yesterday or this mg.—"

"Evening My Darling Love—Your letter of Saturday came this afternoon."

[Continues] "Tuesday"

"Wed. My Beloved—I am longing for you so much—"

"Thursday" She decided against English Review. BR is working hard on lectures.

"Friday My Darling Love—No letter this morning."

"Saturday My Darling Love—I am sorry you are kept nervy by uncertainty about work—"

"Sunday My Darling Love—I wrote yesterday before I got your telegram—"

"Will not decide about Lulworth till after interview very much hope you come".

"Will expect you tomorrow overjoyed advise 12.30 train".

"Tuesday My Darling Love—Your telegram which came this mg. decided me to wait till you have seen Bennett—"

"Sunday My Beloved—It made me very unhappy last night to find that you think I no longer care for you as much as I did."

"Saturday My Beloved—Your dear letter has just come—"

"Monday Beloved, My Cherub, Your special messenger letter has just come—"

Note on envelope reads: "If out, leave in letter-box".

"Monday My Beloved—What a heavenly time it was—"

"Beloved, Heart of My Life, Your little letter just came—"

The letter concerns Malleson's performance in Trojan Women. The Times reviewed the first London performance on 14 October the next day, which provides the date of the letter.

"Sunday" "My Darling Love—No letter from you—"

"Tuesday evg. My Beloved—There is not much satisfaction to be got out of the telephone so I am writing to thank you for your lovely letter which I found when I got back from Garsington."

"Sunday" Off to Bristol to speak on Russia—first time in two years for speaking.

"My Heart's Love—It was dear of you to send me that little note today—thank you, my Darling."

"Saturday My Beloved, My Cherub, I wonder how you are and how you are getting on with Sakuntala—and how your spirits are—"

"My Dearest Darling—Thank you for your lovely little line—it was a joy to see your handwriting once more—"

"My Beloved—Thank you so much for the 2 seats—"

"Friday Beloved—This is written before seeing you act—"

"Monday night My Heart's Love—It was dreadful to see you so unhappy, and not knowing what was the matter made it a thousand times worse."

"My Heart's Comrade—This is the fourth of your birthdays since we have known each other—and I want you to know how much nearer I feel to you, and how much more deeply I love you, than ever before."

"Thursday" Lectures begin again Jan. 5; Lynton with Malleson Dec. 20; applied for Dutch visa; lunched at Lady Cunard's with Elizabeth Russell. "She is a fool and what a snob—"

"Sat. night" On her writing: "has a very real quality".

"Do you think you and I could write each other a series of letters? [Like Elizabeth Russell's abandoned scheme.] I believe we might do something rather wonderful."

"Wed. Beloved—Thank you for your very dear little line."

Malleson encloses a letter from Austin Harrison on Christine Harte's stories. (Though "neurotic"). See record 19587, doc. .200576.

Enclosed with document .200575, record 19586, to Malleson. Calls her stories "quite good, though a little bit neurotic".

"My Dearest Darling—Thank you for your dear letter." BR explains "neurotic" means "nervy" in Austin Harrison's letter.

"My Dearest Darling—Here is the cheque—" "Shall begin to think of those letters".

"It was sad to leave you my Dearest Darling, my Heart's Comrade—But I think and think how heavenly Lynton will be—"

"Hotel Bellevue" "Wittgenstein has not yet arrived—but will be here quite soon I expect—"

"Wittgenstein not come yet—am getting quite rested—sleeping endlessly, and very fit." Address Hotel des Deux Villes.

This postcard is not addressed or signed. There are two other postcards in the file. All three must have been put in an envelope which was then sent to Malleson.

"Hotel Twee Steden (Deux Villes)" "Monday My Beloved—I am hoping to find a letter from you at the P.O. when I go out—but Xmas presents may have kept you too busy."

"Wittgenstein has not come yet."

"Tuesday" "Wittgenstein writes that he can't reach here till the 13th which is a nuisance. But we [BR and Malleson] will start for Lynton on the 22nd".

[Wittgenstein's letter is not extant: it would be in sequence in McGuinness, Wittgenstein in Cambridge, pp. 111-12.]

"Hotel Twee Steden. Thursday. My Beloved—No letter from you yesterday—I think the post from England is only 4 times a week."

"Hotel des Deux Villes" "Friday" "Wittgenstein has arrived—just the same as ever—it is a great joy to see him—he is so full of logic that I can hardly get him to talk about anything personal. He is very affectionate, and if anything a little more sane than before the war. He came before I was up, and hammered at my door till I woke. Since then he has talked logic without ceasing for 4 hours, but is now gone to tell the police he is here—I find he goes on the 18th so I shall go then too, and get home on the 19th—12.40 at Liverpool Street—two days earlier than I said before."

"Hotel des Deux Villes" "Sunday" "Wittgenstein is grown more normal—he is quite witty—in his work he is wonderful—we discuss it point by point many hours a day—he is very proud—will hardly mention Vienna privations, and laughs if he does—he has no great coat, only a little Mackintosh cape with no warmth in it—he has now arrived for his day's lesson so I must stop—"

"Tuesday" "Wittgenstein kept me so busy that I couldn't write yesterday—we have now gone through his whole book point by point—he is glorious and wonderful, with a passionate purity I have never seen equalled—I think even better of his book than I did before, and have undertaken to try and get it published in England, as no one will publish it in Austria."

It was published as Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

"Wed. night Beloved, Your letter came a few minutes after you had phoned." BR asks if she would consider living with him some day — perhaps 10 years in the future.

(S. Turcon's note: Malleson was with Dennis Bradley.)

Reference to earlier letter (missing).

"Anything you wish forget last letters very happy".

Almost broken with Miss Black. Feels she has "no chance of success" on stage. "Could you also look up the rest of your letters, and let me have them?"

Re Dora Russell.