BR TO LUCY M. DONNELLY, 22 JULY 1909
BRACERS 58500. ALS. McMaster
Edited by M. Forte. Proofread by K. Blackwell

Godrevy House1, 2
St. Ives Cornwall
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Bagley Wood
Oxford
July 22. 1909

My dear Lucy

Thank you for your letter. There was nothing foolish about your request, nor was it difficult for me to execute. Your actions have seemed to me always perfectly right, and I have never for a moment had any doubt on the subject. I am sorry you failed to see Dr. Cock, but a New York Dr. will have the advantage that you can see him again if necessary. I shall be anxious to hear his verdict. I am sending this letter to Bryn Mawr as I don’t know the address of your parents. I hope you will find things there better than you feared.

Here I lead a sea-side existence varied with work — talks with Whitehead about our book, and odds and ends which I neglected while I was writing. In the afternoons we play cricket with the children on the beach, or go sailing; in the late morning I take the children to bathe. Mrs Whitehead is laid up these last days, so I have not seen much of her. North is not as well as he ought to be; but don’t mention this to Alys. The place is pleasant, and I am glad to let my mind run down. Next week I go to the Tyrol. If you write at once, you might write to Poste Restante Innsbruck from which I shall have letters forwarded to wherever I am. I shall be home again towards the end of August, so perhaps Bagley Wood is best.

My reason for asking whether you felt regret was not that I thought you had done wrong, but that I thought you might find yourself more unhappy than you might otherwise have been. I am very much relieved that that is not so. Goodbye.

Yours affectionately
Bertrand Russell —

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  [document] Proofread against a scan of the original letter at macrepo: 153874.

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  [envelope] Miss Lucy Martin Donnelly | Low Buildings | Bryn Mawr | Pa. | U.S.A. Postmarked St. Ives | 4 AM | JY 23 | 09 | CORNWALL. There are several forwarding addresses.