BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [28 FEB. 1920]
BRACERS 19624. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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70, Overstrand Mansions,
Prince of Wales Road,
Battersea, S.W.1^, 2
Sat. mg.3

Beloved

It was a joyful surprise to hear your voice last night — but as Bob4 and Desmond MacCarthy5 were listening I couldn’t say much. O my Angel, my dear one, I am glad you are less depressed — I will keep next Thursday evening — and I will count on Bury St. Edmund’s for a night — tho’ I would rather also come somewhere else for 1 night — I shall have matters of business and would rather make 2 journeys for 1 night each — I am sorry your time in town is so short6 —

Blessings on you Beloved — My heart is yours.

B

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  [document] Document 200617.

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  [envelope] Miss Colette O’Niel | c/o F. Forbes Robertson Esq | “Mice and Men” Co. | Ulverston. Pmk: BATTERSEA S.W.11 | 11.15 AM | 28 FEB 20

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  [date] The date is taken from the envelope’s postmark.

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  Bob Robert Calverley Trevelyan (1872–1951), poet and translator, a friend of BR’s from their undergraduate days at Trinity College.

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  Desmond MacCarthy Desmond MacCarthy (1877–1972), literary reviewer and drama critic.

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  your time in town is so short Colette was touring with a theatre company.