BRACERS Record Detail for 19430

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
596
Document no.
200420
Box no.
6.66
Source if not BR
Malleson, Constance
Recipient(s)
Malleson, Constance
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1919/02/05
Enclosures/References
Letter. See record 19431
Form of letter
ALS
Pieces
1E
BR's address code (if sender)
GAR
Notes and topics

"My Beloved—I was glad of your little line this morning—"

[There is supposed to be a T.S. Eliot enclosure—as Malleson noted on envelope—but not so; BR's instructions were to "burn".]

Transcription

BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 5 FEB. 1919
BRACERS 19430. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell


<letterhead>
Garsington Manor
Oxford1 , 2
5.2.19

My Beloved

I was glad of your little line3 this morning — I quite realize how busy you are.

I have arranged to dine with Eliot4 at the Ship on Wed. He says he has a lot of things he wants to talk about. I shall sleep at Gordon Sq.5 unless you have anything else to suggest. Perhaps I could see you after dinner — I could get done with Eliot by 9.30. If so, where? How awkward it must be having no tubes,6 with this snow too. Brett7 is gone. No news — must get to work.

All my love, Darling. I am very happy and longing to be with you.

B.

Marlow8 let doesn’t end till March 25, nevertheless I will wait till then for a table.

Burn enclosed.9

Notes

  • 1

    [document] Document 200420.

  • 2

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

  • 3

    your little line Colette’s brief letter of 3 February (BRACERS 113173).

  • 4

    Eliot T.S. Eliot (1888–1965), the poet. For information on him, see BRACERS 19062, n.5.

  • 5

    Gordon Sq. His brother’s home was at 57 Gordon Square.

  • 6

    having no tubes The strike of London Underground Railways workers began on 3 February 1919. The dispute concerned the reduced work-day (from 9 to 8 hours) with the sticking-point being that the usual 30-minute meal break was not being allowed. The dispute was settled on 7 February. Some above-ground railways around London were also affected.

  • 7

    Brett Dorothy Eugenie Brett (1883–1977), painter, known as Brett.

  • 8

    Marlow The Eliots leased a cottage at 31 West Street, in Marlow, Bucks., from 5 December 1917 to 15 November 1920. BR both had a financial interest in the cottage and contributed furniture. The furniture was returned to him in installments.

  • 9

    Burn enclosed. Colette did not follow these instructions. A letter (BRACERS 19341) from Frank Swinnerton, the tenant at the Studio, survives. A letter from Eliot was enclosed as well, according to a note by Colette on the envelope. Eliot’s letter (BRACERS 60373) is dated 3 February 1919; the original is at the New York Public Library.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
19430
Record created
Jun 28, 2010
Record last modified
Mar 06, 2025
Created/last modified by
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