BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [11 NOV. 1916]
BRACERS 19076. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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57 Gordon Square1
W.C.
Sat. night late2

My Beloved

At last I have time to write. Your dear letter3 was here when I got home — I read it on the way to the Comee. What a joy it will be to see you again — I will come about 4.30. All went well with me — I am less tired than I was — I am longinga for the Cat and Fiddle4 — it will be divine. My book is out5 — I will bring a copy tomorrow. You are in my thoughts every moment my Darling. It was a wonderful wonderful day in the country Wednesday. Dearest Darling, my heart is yours — I love you, I love you, I love you.

B —

• 1

  [document] Document 200043.

• 2

  [date] Colette wrote “11th Nov. 1916” on the letter.

• 3

  Your dear letter Of 10 November 1916 (BRACERS 112962).

• 4

  Cat and Fiddle An isolated pub on the moors near Buxton, Derbyshire. For information on this pub, see BRACERS 19065, n.5.

• 5

  My book is outPrinciples of Social Reconstruction. BR dated his copy for Colette 12 November 1916. She responded on 13 November (BRACERS 112963) that she had placed it on her green bookshelves. She had the corrected proofs that he had given her earlier bound in French blue and white with gold lettering.

Textual Notes

• a

  longing “longing” is underlined three times.