BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, 25 FEB. 1967
BRACERS 19922. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell

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Plas Penrhyn,
Penrhyndeudraeth,
Merioneth.1^, 2
25.2.67

Dearest Colette

Thank you for your promptness in returning the sheets about you3 — How did you manage to know not only the day of the month,4 but also of the week?a I hate to think of you imprisoned in various ways.5

With fondest love as always,

yours devotedly
B.

• 1

  [document] Document 200926.

• 2

  [envelope] The Lady Constance Malleson | Lavenham | Suffolk. Pmk: PORTMADOC | 6 – PM | 26 FEB | 1967 | CAERNARVONSHIRE

• 3

  the sheets about you From the new typescript of BR’s Autobiography,which was nearing submission for publication.

• 4

  day of the month Colette had made no substantive changes to the text but had corrected some dates. In her letter of 20 February 1967 (BRACERS 98504), she noted her specific evidence for only one change: the inscription in Principles of Social Reconstruction (B&R A25).

• 5

  imprisoned in various ways Colette had written on 20 February 1967 (BRACERS 98504) that she was feeling “no poorer than usual”.

Textual Notes

• a

  week? after deleted year?