BR TO KATHARINE TAIT, 25 JUNE 1947
BRACERS 52611. ALS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell

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27 Dorset House
Gloucester Place
N.W.1
25 June, 1947

My dear Kate

Thank you for your letter of June 8. I was touched by your having an anxiety dream about me, which is a great proof of affection. But you need never have qualms about telling me your troubles. It is one of the things parents like. I feel John is more or less lost to me, and Conrad is much more his mother’s child than mine, so you are now my chief outlet for parental feeling, and the more you tell me the less thwarted I feel.

I have just heard from John that he and family are flying to England on July 31, and that he hopes you will come too. Conrad and I will be here; Peter will be in Wales furnishing our cottage. Conrad and I will go to Wales soon after.

If you come, we could lend you this flat till about Sp. 25. It would even be a convenience to us to do so, as we don’t want the flat empty while we are in Wales. It consists of living room, bedroom, kitchen and bath. The living room has a divan bed. I could put you up even while Conrad and I are here, as one can always get a spare room.

I am glad you are not going to marry Amiel, for whatever reason. In the long run you would find his selfishness intolerable.

I have asked Simon and Schuster to send you $100 as a present from me. I hope they will. I am now very comfortably off, thanks to the sales of my History.

Your newspapers much exaggerate our discomforts. It was unpleasant during the great frost, when we had to economize fuel; otherwise, we have no sufferings. There is plenty of food, and there are more things in the shops than there were. We expect real hardship when the American loan runs out; then we may all suffer hunger. But in the meantime all is well. I am sorry people in U.S. are beastly about it; I can just imagine it.

Goodbye. Love from

Diddy