BR TO PEGGY KISKADDEN, 1 MAR. 1946
BRACERS 54808. ALS. Margaret Adams Kiskadden.
Edited by N. Griffin. Proofread by K. Blackwell

Trinity College,
Cambridge.
March 1, 1946

Dearest Peggy1

Thank you a thousand times for your very very delightful letter of Dec. 15, and also for two very delectable parcels, which have given great satisfaction.

We have had rather a sad time. Peter was very seriously ill, and has been ordered not to live in Cambridge any more — she is now in N. Wales. I too have been ill off and on for some time, with repeated flu and bronchitis. She will not return to Cambridge and I , next autumn, shall start living in College in term time and joining her for vacations.

I am very much upset by the fact that we (the British) are killing millions of Germans by starvation while we wallow in plenty. It is atrocious and fills me with shame. I don’t like political trends in USA either, and Stalin is a devil. I feel I have lived too long. I look at Conrad and think it is probable that he will be destroyed by an atomic bomb. The world is altogether too horrible.

I wish you were not such a long way off. Goodbye with much love.

Your
B.R.

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