BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 21 DEC. 1964
BRACERS 19913. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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Plas Penrhyn,
Penrhyndeudraeth,
Merioneth.1^, 2
Dec. 21, 1964

My dearest Colette

What a dreadful tale of woe,3 and what courage and resource you showed in calling for rescue. You have my heartfelt admiration. I hope the stroke is such as can soon be cured. But you must not again sleep out of reach of help. I hope the hospital is comfortable and doing all it should.

With fondest love,

Your
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  [document] Document 200917.

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  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | St. Mary’s Hospital | Bury St. Edmonds | Suffolk. Pmk: PORTMADOC | 21 DEC | 1964 | CAERNARVONSHIRE

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  tale of woe The tale is in Colette’s letter of c.16 December 1964 (BRACERS 98494), written from St. Mary’s Hospital in Bury St. Edmunds. After suffering a stroke, she was trapped in her cottage over the week-end. She managed to write an SOS note and hurl it through her bedroom window into the street below, thus effecting her rescue.