111, Airedale Avenue,

Chiswick.W4.

London.W4.

England.

1st. April.

My dearest Julie,

I have received or rather been allowed to read your letter, which was brought to me on March 29th. by a detective and I was allowed to read it and it was then taken away. I was so glad to hear from you as I have not had a line since you left London and naturally with the submarines it has made me very anxious. We shall never know how many letters from distant friends we lose these days. I have not had a line from Gertrude since Xmas, when she was playing at the Maxine Elliot Theatre; she may have gone on the road but her Mother told me she was busy rehearsing these Tableaux Vivants for the Red Cross Fund.

Now about your letter, the detective wanted to know what you meant by saying "you were forwarding a letter and a package to me to send to Nina." I explained to him that you being so far away could not be an courant with her address.

Now dear Julie about poor Nina any parcel or letter you send to me I will see she has, she is living with her Mother at 55 Albert Bridge Road. poor dear she has had a very bad attack of influenza and to add to her worries her Mother who is stone deaf has fallen down the stairs and injured

her legs and her scull. I am so sorry for her, her life has been a long
tragedy, she has made up her mind to divorce Harold this summer and she
seems to be happier now she has thoroughly decided to do so. He has
behaved like a blaggard, he has had the best twenty five years of her life
and then when she wants all the care, the love and consideration possible
he throws her aside for the first "flapper" he meets. At all events if she
gets free and her boy Edmund comes safely through the war he will look after
her.

I envy him going to Japan, we have had a long and dreary winter and
every day brings us news of some one very near and dear to us who has laid
down his life for our dear, dear England. Oh Julie we are going through
a hard time, but we are prepared to suffer much more because I know we
shall be celebrating the greatest victory of the world England will again
prove herself the supreme power.

I have not yet had a chance of placing your play though two or three
people have read it, but I may be able to do something with it atmas. I
am very well and 'Romanee' is still running and so is Keane remains in
the bill we could play it for another year.

All love,

Yours ever,