BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 2 AUG. 1920
BRACERS 19676. 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
2 August 1920

My Beloved

It was hard to say goodbye — I was unable to say anything — you have been so wonderful since I came back from Russia3 — so full of love — Dear one, I am yours in all that is deepest and most vital in me — and I know my love for you is lasting because it is the very essence of me that loves the very essence of you — I am sad today — I hate leaving you — yet I know it is the right thing to go to Peking4 — Keep me alive in your heart, my Darling — Thank you for your dear letter — Bless you, my Heart’s Comrade.5

B.

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  [document] Document 200680.

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  [envelope] Miss Colette O’Niel | Milestones Co. | Theatre Royal | Portsmouth. Pmk: BATTERSEA S.W.11 | 5.45 PM | 2 AUG 20

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  came back from Russia On 30 June 1920. He had left for Russia on 27 April 1920 with the British Labour Delegation.

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  go to Peking BR had received an invitation to lecture in China beginning later that year.

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  Heart’s Comrade For information on the use of the term, see BRACERS 19145, n.12.