BR TO OTTOLINE MORRELL, 26 OCT. [1911]
BRACERS 17319. ALS. Morrell papers #233, Texas
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My Darling Love

Your dear letter came by 2nd post — I was very glad to have it but sorry you were so tired. I hope you got a good night’s rest. Alas that all my efforts should have proved vain and that Ponsonby should have made you know the grief, which I have struggled to conceal! What had led Ponsonby to that view? Was it Logan? At any rate it shows Logan hasn’t given him an inkling of the truth.

I didn’t know definitely that Alys had Oliver’s girl, but I had rather gathered it. Alys will spoil her dreadfully and probably try to cut out Ray.

This morning I went to the dentist, but nothing exciting happened like last time. However he also thought I smoke too much, so I shall diminish the amount greatly. — George Trevelyan is here for the night, more or less as my guest. If he wants to breakfast with me, I can’t reach you till about 11.15 tomorrow, unless he is prepared to breakfast very early. But otherwise I will reach you by eleven. I won’t settle about an hotel till I have seen you. Yes I will, I will stick to the Great Central Hotel.

I am longing to have my own place in order — it will be so much nicer. I shall bring up some of my books — poetry and so on — and the place will grow human.

I have a difficult lecture to give this afternoon and it has taken most of my morning getting it ready — it is on the definition of number. Bergson talks nonsense on that subject as on every other that he touches on.

Yes our days together were quite perfect. I am already longing for tomorrow. Goodbye my Darling, my Life.

Your
B.

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  [envelope] A circled “233”. The Lady Ottoline Morrell | 44 Bedford Square | London W.C. Pmk: CAMBRIDGE | 3.15 PM | OC 26 | 11 | 4