BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [18 NOV. 1916]
BRACERS 19079. AL. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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57 Gordon Square1
W.C.
In the train.
Sat.2

It is very hard to write here as there are 8 of us and every word can be read by my neighbour. But I will try to shove in words when he is not looking. My Beloved my thoughts are with you every moment wondering what you are doing and thinking and feeling — I feel such a world of happiness and wonder and beauty within me that all life is transformed. I watched your retreating back at Miller’s Dale3 as my train went out. It was terrible leaving you — one had to treat it with restraint. My dear one we must find ways of being a great great deal together — it will grow easier as time goes on. Dearest your love makes me utterly and absolutely happy — it is beyond all that I have dreamed — it fills me with a kind of awe. I am yours, yours, yours, utterly in deepest devotion.

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  [document] Document 200047.

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  [date] Colette wrote “18 Nov. 1916” on the letter.

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  Miller’s Dale A picturesque village and locale in the Peak district on the River Wye, not far from where the couple stayed at the Cat and Fiddle.