ABSTRACT
Darling Pet Paulette – I am awfully disappointed, & also concerned that I shd have troubled you – I
had altogether forgotten 2 engagements which necessitate rehearsals for quite a week – a er which come other bothersome engagements – but when
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I get clear for a day or two, & if your Alec1 is still away I will write <again> & ask to come = – If I still had the Car I’d run down just for the day – but later on lets [sic] meet – dear sweet kid I long to see your little face again –
I hope the young friend who is staying with you will get better of her
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illness – with such a quiet spot & such a Duck of a nurse I wd not mind changing places with her for a few days! My life is full of ups & downs – mostly “downs”! – However – –
– However – Brighton2 was kind to me – so I le my cough there in payment of Bene ts received!! I hope you have good
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news – <my love &> my best prayers for him always – I must nd out how far it is from here to you by road – & then perhaps will
drop down upon you for a few hours soon, & chance nd you in! I can’t remember the road – Surely it was in Burnham Beeches3 I saw Peter’s Cot?