BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [2 DEC. 1917]
BRACERS 19252. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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Sunday evg.1^, 2^, 3

My Beloved —

You were wonderful, my dear one, and I came away4 feeling very full of love. It is a divine joy that we are able to be together again, and to begin building up again. Don’t give another thought to the things I said in the night.

Life and the world are difficult.

Dear one, do try to take a little care of yourself — don’t stint yourself in sleep, or you will get really ill —

I long more than I can say to see your eyes shine once more as they used to — I long to see you happy and gay though I know you set no store by that. My dear, there are no words to tell you what I feel towards you — it goes beyond what one means even by love.

B.

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  [document] Document 200240.

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  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | 6 Mecklenburgh Square | W.C.1. Pmk: LONDON.W.C. | 1.15 AM | DEC 3 17A

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  [date] Colette wrote “2 Dec 1917” on the letter.

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  came away from their newly rented place together which BR and Colette called the Studio. They had spent most of the weekend there. For further information on it, see BRACERS 19240, n.9.