BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [10 MAY 1917]
BRACERS 19164. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

Thursday.1^, 2
In the train.

My Darling Loved one

Here I am, hurrying back from Dartmoor,3 where I think I was fairly successful. The country is infinitely lovely — and I have enjoyed glimpses of the sea from Teignmouth to Dawlish, because the Govt. won’t let me see the sea now-a-days.4

I was infinitely happy with you Tuesday my Beloved — you were so wonderfully dear and I felt your love all round me — I cannot tell you what life and hope it gave me. It made everything easy — Bless you, my Heart’s Joy —

B.

• 1

  [document] Document 200140.

• 2

  [date] Colette wrote “10 May 1917” on the letter.

• 3

  Dartmoor BR visited Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, Devon, where conscientious objectors were held.

• 4

  Govt. won’t let me see the sea now-a-days On 1 September 1916 BR was banned from all prohibited areas, including all the sea-coasts.