BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 11 MAR. 1930
BRACERS 19772. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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Telegraph House
Harting, Petersfield.1
11.3.30

My dear Colette

I am very sorry tomorrow is impossible2 as I have to be in London.3 And an evening show would be too late for John.4 It is 36 miles,5 not 20. I sent a letter to Blagdon6 which I suppose will have been forwarded, suggesting April 6–8 (Sunday to Tuesday) for me to come to Blagdon. Is that all right? I hope so. Haste.

B.R.

• 1

  [document] Document 200778.

• 2

  tomorrow is impossible Colette had written on 9 March (BRACERS 98403) suggesting that BR and John attend either a Wednesday matinee of TheMerchant of Venice in which she was playing Portia at the Grand Theatre in Southampton, or one of the evening plays.

• 3

  have to be in London For a Fleet St. appointment with a Mr. Cock, opposite the Chancery.

• 4

  John BR’s son, John Conrad Russell, born 16 November 1921.

• 5

  36 miles The distance from Telegraph House to Southampton.

• 6

  Blagdon A village in Somerset where she had lived since 1925.