W. GLADYS RINDER TO BR, AUG. 1918
BRACERS 79626. ALS. McMaster
Proofread by S. Turcon and K. Blackwell

Dear B.R.,

Couldn’t tell you yesterday, but Dr. Rivers (once or now of Cambridge) has got military authorities to leave Max Plowman (young officer who resigned commission and became C.O. and has been called up as private and when I last hear expected arrest) alone. If he gets any more papers he is to simply refer local people to War Office. Whoever Rivers saw told him War Off. didn’t at all wish to call up people about whom fuss would be made. Apparently M. Plowman spoke to Rivers about you, anyhow someone did and he seemed hopeful. This is all very vague, but it’s as it reached me. I know friends of Plowman’s and will try to see him next week, as Rivers sounds a helpful person. Have unpacked books, and will send case with grey garment to Gordon Sqre. — Dorothy asks me to tell you Demos doesn’t know she told you anything about their affairs. — I meant to have told you before that Lady O. thought you didn’t care to see her when she last visited you. She came round to 7 M.S. afterwards quite unhappy about it. I told her it was wet weather but think it’s still in back of her mind. — I propose to take your weekly letter to T.H. and post from there after seeing Ld.and Ldy. Russell as they may wish to add things. Very sorry I was so stupid yesterday, one [is] so afraid of taking up other people’s time! Had P. and Miles, Dorothy and Demos to tea on return, quite gay. Miles is excited because he’d met Galsworthy who was awfully nice to him; do hope his theatre will be successful. Very busy, am as it were suspended in stay in Parl. Dept., neither fish, flesh or good red herring, but hope to inspire EEH with idea of doing something more than writing formal letters to Gov. Depts! Bob Trevy delighted to visit you on 28th, expects to go to France Sept, 2 or 3. Have asked Lady O., who wants to know if you’d like to see Miss Silcox on Sept. 11.

No more news and great haste, will put HD in taxi when I’d catch her, wrote on leaving you to her Hemel Hempstead address.

Yrs,
WGR

V.T. who has been refusing to wear prison clothes has now put them on. L.S. quoted in smuggled letter that paragraph of yours on FMW on force and not fighting, and that made her change her attitude. She wishes to thank you for it, it has been a great help to her. L.S. quoted it anonymously but VT recognize[d] it as I showed her the paper. EEH says “Tilly, who was enjoying herself mit [illegible] on in this hot weather now thanks to Russell is warmly clad in woollen clothes. She is well and in very good spirits and so is E.E.

T.H. is Telegraph House, P. is Constance Malleson, V.T. is Violet Tillard, Dorothy is Dorothy Wrinch, HD is Helen Dudley, Miles is Miles Malleson, L.S. is Lydia Smith, EEH is Ernest E. Hunter, FMW is “Free Man’s Worship”.