BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 19 JAN. 1919
BRACERS 19416. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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The Manor House
Garsington
Oxford1^, 2
19.1.19

My dearest Darling

A letter and 2 lovely pictures of Ludlow,3 with another line, and 3 photos4 for Sassoon!5 What a lovely post. I am so glad your headache is gone, Beloved — As C.A.6 can’t have me for a month, there is no hurry about the bookshelves.7 You had better settle with him when he would like them.

My heart’s Life, I long to be with you again. This time a week ago we were starting to walk up to Countisbury8 — it seems 100 years — I do miss you, my Cherub —

Shall I come Fri. or Sat. and where shall we be? When does rehearsal9 end Sat? I am glad you feel it worth while, and don’t regret France10 —

Post going — All my love my dear one.

Your
B

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  [document] Document 200406.

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  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | 34 Russell Chambers | Bury Street | LONDON W.C.1. Pmk. GARSINGTON | 19 JA | 19 | OXFORD

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  Ludlow They had spent a night at the Feathers Inn in Ludlow before moving on to Ashford Carbonel during their idyllic vacation in the summer of 1917.

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  3 photos BR had asked Colette to send some photographs of himself as Sassoon wanted one.

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  Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), poet. In 1919 he became the literary editor of the socialist Daily Herald. For more information on him, see BRACERS 19182, n.12.

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  C.A. (Reginald) Clifford Allen (1889–1939). BR was moving into Allen’s newly rented flat in Battersea. For further information on him, see BRACERS 19046, n.7.

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  the bookshelves They were currently at The Studio, which had been rented to Frank Swinnerton.

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  Countisbury Near Lynton, Devon where BR and Colette had just spent the holiday season with Clifford Allen.

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  rehearsal Rehearsals for The King and Queen, a play by Rabindranath Tagore, were to begin on Tuesday 21 January (BRACERS 113166). The play was performed on 12 February 1919.

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  regret France Colette’s mother, Priscilla, had invited her to France, but she had turned her down.