BRACERS Record Detail for 19402

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
596
Document no.
200392
Box no.
6.65
Source if not BR
Malleson, Constance
Recipient(s)
Malleson, Constance
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1918/12/17*
Form of letter
ALS
Pieces
1E
BR's address code (if sender)
TRN
Notes and topics

"Waterloo great haste. Darling—One line to wish you well and bring you love."

Transcription

BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [17 DEC. 1918]
BRACERS 19402. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell


<London>
Waterloo great haste1, 2, 3

Darling

One line to wish you well and bring you love — I stayed at G. S.4 after all, as no reply came from Eve.5 — They managed somehow —

Just off6 — happy already thinking of sea and wind and sky — and you O my Beloved —

B

  • 1

    [document] Document 200392.

  • 2

    [envelope] Miss O’Niel | 20 Endsleigh Gardens | N.W. Pmk: LONDON S.E.1. | 1.15 PM | 17 DEC 18F

  • 3

    [date] Colette wrote “17 Dec 1918” on the letter.

  • 4

    G. S. 57 Gordon Square, the home of BR’s brother Frank.

  • 5

    Eve Evelyn Walsh Hall, film and stage actress. For information on her, see BRACERS 19394, n.8.

  • 6

    Just off BR was leaving for Lynton, Devon; Colette would join him later.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
19402
Record created
Jan 31, 1991
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana