BR TO ELIZABETH TREVELYAN, 16 OCT. 1948
BRACERS 52855. ALS(X). Trinity College Library
Proofread by K. Blackwell

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18a Dorset House
Gloucester Place
N.W.1.
16 Oct. 1948

My dear Elizabeth

Thank you for your nice letter. There were, for me, never any ill effects of the accident, and I did not at the time realize its seriousness.1

Yes, I am off to Berlin on Friday, but (Stalinio volente) I shall return the following Wednesday. I am rather afraid I shan’t be able to get to Shiffolds till after Xmas as I have an appalling amount of work to get through. I am going to Berlin because the F.O. asked me to.

I hope you will be able to induce Bob to go on with my History of Philosophy!

Best love to you both.

Yrs aff
BR

• 1

  the accident With the letter is a clipping from the Manchester Guardian, 4 Oct. 1948: “Lord Russell’s Escape in Air Crash: Scrambled from Window and Swam in Heavy Coat — with Attache Case” (B&R E48.02).

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