Pup went off with the theatre book,
said she would "wallow" over her Mon.
vacation......

Monday, June I.

Dear F.,

I don't know why I "air"this, there is no particular
mews, just to keep in touch. The Queen Mary was blocked by
fog and has lost her "ribbon", so by the same token, Rvr.
may be late. We will be calling you up, no doubt.

Pup was in great form, has Saint Denis
in "mime", while worries her, she had to milk a cow and he
told her it was well done and correctly but not exciting
enough. She had to sew before an imaginary table and they told
her she broke the thread like a carrot. However, they all have
these little charades to do. Gosh- how I would have loved it,
at her age. I am busy sort of coaching her, I tell her to
try to greet S. Denis in French, as Dickincon told me, they
liked all-round people, and they had more chance than someone
frightfully good at ONE thing. I sort of coah Pup each time,
I see her. She will come on Thurs. to celebrate her two weeks, it
is ten weeks, I think. She is terrified!est they don't take her.
She says she is as good as most of them, they all get told off.
If she would only put herself forward with her French, I think
it would really help. They had a French lecture the last time -
Pup did help a little, but she MUST put herself forward. I
am getting her to read me some French and perhaps do some
singing. Una tells me they want them to YELL in the
choros and Pup has a rich voice, they say. Anyhow, it is a
terrible thrill, daily. She is due Tues., and I may go Aud.
to-day, if I do not hear from Rvr.

I took copy of ION to Hart yesterday and will keep in touch but will not mention ps-a to her.

I am arranging for Una to go p.b. for "interview", as soon as possible.

Thank you for all letters while I will keep excelf when expressly told to destroy. I am reading Anna F. and the cuttings at leisure.

Bud is very anxious to know if you REALY approve if this last no., I have not had time to digest his note, as it is hand-written, but will post on, prob. later. He seems very caught-up in Pup's career. He and Lady Aud. are the most interested.

Johanna seemed

somewhat blocked by Doris, ( 0, all most discreet. ) She kept saying, " if only Br. were her, I could arrange better, she tells me to consult Mrs. S. Well, this is private, a u you told me, there was a slight feeling, I pumped her. She loves working with you, but tying to arrange for scenic effect in Cornwall Doris, " 0 does it matter, if it is, ugly ? " It does seem too awful, thinking of those fields, who are Doris, by birth-right, and D. just not caring if a factory is ugly or not. Anyhow....

All news of A.G. rather Paa -ter Pan-ful.

Love a El round. *he narcissus is still lovely. Ever, ye old,

Mon. evening. June 1.

Dear Fido,

I posted one letter to-day but this is in haste to say
that Rvr. turned up, he looks better than I ever so him,
in some way, more mature, very, very nice, just as if he
had never been away. He talked of you, a great deal, wants to
take his Kinn. stuff over as he knows of cheap empty rooms, and
doesn't like living any longer with the Stetts. who fight
all the time. Fred has stopped ps-a, and ex says one takes
him out, then the other, and they talk about their
troubles. I imagine Fred left just as it was really beginning
to work. Anyhow, Kex says he wants rest and garden and was
so happy to be back. At first, on phone, I felt he was
simply N.Y., as he met packs on the Normandie, but on
the contrary, he picked up Cherica (?) and Heni Ford,
at long last, and gave them introductions to M E. Of all
people. They, god be praised, however, went on to Paris, France.

I am seeing Kex to tea and he lunched to-
morrow with Bud, and he has one or two appointments with Sch., so
I guess there will be good body-guard against the family.
He asked at once for p.b. dirt, wanted to talk about the bear
and the bed-bug, kept coming back to it, was very friendly and
more "normal", I feel. But such good company, we had
a lot of sherry and sandwiches I had got, and he is
coming in on Thurs. for sherry with Bud and McDougall, and
he hates Mrs. Whitali who pleased me, and loved

Stratchy and says Gavin is sloppy and so on and so on.
He seems happy to see old London. I talked to him

about war and said I thought there would be no imperious fear
from his group, they were TOO OLD, not very flattering, all
the same best to make a niche in N.Y. It appears
Bob is publishing a book, a girl Kex met said, " about that
D.H. or whatever her name is, " evidence I am the chief
viper and you and Kex - it is done in Calif., what a bore-
but Kex says already people are saying it is impossible and
that poor Bob is demented and a professional black-mailer, and
Kex says only about 2 people will read it... however, here you
are, for an ear-ful. What next ?

I didn't even mention Eileen or his
family. I will chew that to-morrow. He was phased as
punch about Pup, kept asking about the place, ... talked a lot
of his film while it must be lovely. I am so happy for him, and
feel he is really shaped now, and so kind.

Well, this in haste. It will
prob. reach you with the one I posted, but I will not
write to-morrow morning, as I have Bear again and Kex in, and till
Kex leves there will be no special news.

Bo good to hear you! distant
squeak, dear Fido, we got you in about five minutes.

Bud and Kex, too, seem to
be hitting it off... all p. b., I think.

Much love, and in haste, ever ye old, and most
grateful

Tues. June 2. After T.

Dear Fido,

As I am not seeing Rvr., till 4 to-morrow, I am rushing the
note out to the post and it should reach him to-night.

I glanced it over, I knew you old
not mind and it might save trouble and time, but leave it in
its envelope, enclosed in a fresh env., so Kex need not
know. It repeats anyhow, what you more or less told
me, yourself.

I think somehow, there HAS been mischief at work.
I don't know how, but honestly wouldn't trust Eileen
out of my sight or in it. She does and says the most odd
things and was bent on getting in with p.b., with
keeping in with Kex, a sort of mania, meeting me 5 days running
about, in the same place off Baker Street. We know
nothing about her private life. She evidently got a scare the
night she called me up so late, lest Audley get on to her.
It is so damned difficult for me, as you know, so I have
tactfully just NOT seen her, and won't, and won't speak
of her unnecessarily with Kex. Kex was astonishingly
decent and sane, talked much of wanting you in N.Y. There too,
has been another nest of hornets, as I wrote you, stirred up by
Bob and maybe others, - sheer blackmail. Kex said he was
gald for your letters and kept telling people that you
were coming over some rumor got about; and evidently

we 3 were thought a strong combine. Now its got about
that I am here, you there, he in the other-place, and in they
rush, Bob, in particular with this book on H.D., and
god knows what-not, maybe Cuth, and Bgt., but them, I don't
count... sheer gutter. Only I do feel, it is
time or would be fun for you and he to get-together on
something in N.Y. But that is your affair. I have not
been able to get to Aud., and anyhow, there, we simply
wallow on the Bunch , and I would not discuss Kex anyhow.
I suppose, really I am relieved as I have had a straight alibi,
as far as that goes, and feel the relief of possible
blame lifted, as I have been here, the whole time. I don't
know what Eileen has been up to. She may have people to
sorts in that place... I am afraid even to speak her name to
Mrs. Ash, lest I hear too much, just discreetly implied
that it was awkward as Miss M. had told Mrs. M., in
Switzerland, so and so, then did so and so, and it mixed
up all the arrangements. Mrs. Ash said, "yes, she keeps
going to the country and I never know-" but I thought at
that point, best not to listen-in, any more.

P.B. was most kind. He is getting
me a prescription for albanal, as new law now forbids it.

I repeat, Kex was all ears for PB

I was surprised he was so keen. I have arranged for him and
Bud to come sherry on Thurs., if they and McD. get on,
I will keep them all to a hen and some chablis, if not,
Kex and Bud have stage-directions to get out at
dinner time; Pup will be here. I think the five of us

can manage, and it might be such a good informal tie-up

for Bud, without committing anybody. Anhow, I have arranged
it like that, the 3 come for sherry, Pup blows in about
7.45, then we see how the dinner pans out. I have moved her
room about and made more space, it makes, now, quite a
respectable dining-room.

Thank you for kind words, re D.A.Hill.
I do feel happy and you are most kind, and I have read
a lot of man., and find it always glowing, and find Ramuz
sp excellent, and makes me home-sick or Vaud-sick.

I am rushing this out, with aex letter
to post. Kex seemed really PROUD of the Pup being
at Old Vic. Pup comes from tomato-juice, at 7 or
later, depending, but I am waiting for her. She had
to "milk a cow," but I think I told you. Every day's is
different. And I am always happy at
her enthusiasm. She calls me a great "inspiration." I
think, in a way, I do give her points ....

Well, much love, dear, dear Fido. Rvr.
is leaping about and jumping you-wad and lake-ward and
I assure you, he is snapped up and so kind, and wants to
make some tie-up with you in N.Y.

Best to all and sundry. Ever,

I will mention books to Pup
when she comes...

Wed. June 3.

I won't drag you into Gull ...
but will make it, via Pups, via a
little sum you had left for some
vague purpose... but won't implicate you,
I F I do it, *ait*......

Dear Fido,

Rvr. just in. He had gone for a short talk with the p.b.,
and was flung on couch for an hour and has made appointments to
return for two more . So evidently the p.b. knows his onions.

Kex was very good , we
talked a lot of Kenwin, and he is anxious to tie-up again, I
feel 1, with all that it stands for. He has a lot of dirt, he
says, to spill to your private ears and is looking forward
evidently to long hours with you.

They are all coming in to dine, D.V.,
to-morrow. Kex lunched with Bud, said he was less talkative and
"drank less, " a funny thing to observe. He seems to
think a trip, later, with you and Bud, might be by way of a great
joke.

Kex seems less nervous altogether about
London. I don't know what his arrangement is ether; he spoke
of Eileen, and/Not I asked him NOT to speak of my being with
the p.b., as it had led to Eileen talking of going. He said
she was going to Austria, but I have heard that time and again,
and am really only just terribly bored.

I do feel home-sick for all those
lilies. I remember the summer-lilies when I see them here,
in windows.

I had the formal notice from *loyds and wrote them, as
per your instructions , to tell me of investment and so on,
re CAPITAL. I also wrote Coutts, and acknowledged their

formal change of stock, and said I was writing Mrs. M. in
Switzerland, at once.

I was very happy with K. He said the tea was
so good, that they gave them inferious Earl Grey in N.Y.
So funny... he had three cups and ate some
sandwitches, very much at home, and said again the flat
was so pretty and more like an American interior, while
is what Debbie and Georgie both remarked.

Thank you for cuttings.

Just had a ring from Silvia. She says she is so happy to
be off to Denmark on Sat., she is busy on her education book.

I had a talk with p.b about Una. He says she
is a " subject for analysis, " but as he won't take her
himself, I am none the less keen to put out the dollars. I would
be willing to pay a nominal fee for her with him, but don't
feel I would pay a pound a time for just anyone. However, she
could get into the clinic, if she waited, but I don't know
that I can lure her there. Anyhow, thank you for saying you
will contribute... I am getting her an interview,
later and we will see.

Pup said no books had come. I also had letter from
Lotte and folder.

Much love, I got quite home-sick talking
over Kenwin with Alex. Thank you for lovely fruit
again. I am eating strawberries now with pepper, ps-a, I
suppose. A lovely little basket of them came from
Solomon's with nice corn-flowers and oranges.

Best to all and MUCH love, from ye

June 5. Fri.

The dinner was terrific. Pup was in great form and Kex a charming
host but he and Bud stuck together, as against the new Zodiac
Ram-Bull. By the way, will you look up Bull-Ram, like that,
that way round, in that funny book in German, and writ me what
sort of Mensch it is, translate, please. He is so
very charming, but Bud and Kex, I think found him a little
stiff, but one needs, once in a while, a new beast to the
fold. He seemed to like Pup, and we made Pup say things in
Frnch and then screamed. She looked nice in an old
dress, I mean one of her old evening-frucks, Kex will
prob. be in after the p. b. for a cup of Earl Grey. I don't
think Jimmie matters, in fact, feel ex is a bit nored by
it, and he a dBud have got on better than for years. Bud
told me that he felt very happy about Kex and was asking
him to meet some special friends, just as I did with the
McDougall. We talked a lot about ships and so on. Mrs. Ash
came up fine in a cap, and would announce people, ex and Bud
nearly passed out to have a knock and be announced. I could
not do the Ash out of this, ad anyhow, it was as well for the
McD. to see that we, The ASH, know what is what.

I am working on some more Ear-Ring
series, to have cheered me up so much about it. This is
the stuff that I have tried to tidy-up for years and now it snaps
into this more "hard," as you say, shape. It makes me happy to feel

at last, the pile is diminishing.

Forgive very hurried letter.

I am off, somewhat late, to p.b. Kex, I repeat is
really great fun. He went to Gull, to and loved it.
As Bud says, they re-write it every time. I hope the Vee
is oke. Much, much love, just to let you know we
survived. I used that lovely linner for the first time, it
was all perfect. Ever with much love and gratitude,

June 6. Sat.

Dear Fido,

I enclose from the Bank. Will you advise me. It looks most
astonishingly important.

Destroy from "llen Hart.

I see "ex for Earl Grey after his hour with the p.b., it
seems a sort of ceremony, rather to-morrow will be different-
ene the last time I presume. I will try to go Aud.,
this afternoon as I have the time free.

8 ilvia was in great form and rushing off to Denward,
to-day.

Fogive this tinynote. I have a little eye-strain, p.b. does
not know if it is physical or from the ps-a sub-depth
stirred up by the pages and the ps-a work, but will wirte
to-morrow, at length.

Thanks for all, ever and eve m ye

June 7. Sunday.

Dear Fido,

My Unk is playing up like mad, so that I can no longer
manage to type for more than a few minutes at a time, without
ensuing head-ache and nerve-strain. I am going to have a
mere mechanical test next week to see how far it is the UNK,
the p.b. seems to think it time anyhow I changed my
glasses, but I had hoped to wait till Zuri. However, this will
not commit me. It is a bore, however, so forgive short
rather dull notes, for a few days.

More triumphial chariots. The Pup was stopped in the
hall on the way home, by M.St.D., who clicked, so to speak,
his heel, removed her to a secluded corner and with "very
French French," as the Pup put it, invited her, as a
great favour (to him, I mean) to join his special
class. There are only 5 or 6 out of the odd 40, chosen for this
private French drama, and I am terribly pleased, as I kept
telling Pup, her one great card was her Franch. I am
teriously happy about this. I happened on Pup at the
Kettle. She is due in to-day. I hope Rvr. won't be mad,
as Rvr. is also due, but can't keep all the time open for Rvr.
I think it will be oke. Your mother asked Pup

I think it will be oke.

NOT to stay in to-day for some reason, and it is an added reason for my being here now. I am always so glad to have old Pups. Now

that so much of her energy is worked off chez the Vic, Pup
is an ideal companion. She got a boy-friend out of L. and L.
She was reading her copy and a youth from the production calss,
pounced on her, said he knew Petrie and they had a long
chat. Pup is, you can see, in terrific form, and in
her perfect mileau.

Your storm sounds like the last scene of the
Seagull. By the way, the p.b. thanked for tickets, but
I feel that he thinks it is leaking over the edge of the ps-a, so
I am leaving it, unless he definitely sets a date, as I
asked him to do. I somehow, imagine he won't give me the
date. Suppose it means leackage in theUNK....

The days progress there. He says
he thinks I would profitez by a short term till Xmas, in the fall
and then for that, choose if I DO choose to go on. I asked him
last session, and he left it to me, but pronounced that he
thought the extra short term might knit up ends. I seem to be
however, free to leave... but have told him to save me till
Xmas anyhow. I think that is best.

Well, much love and am really so
Sorry about rain. Here too, it rains. But I find it
healing after sun and dust.

Best to see, and I shall long for news of
how Rvr. reacts. Ever, ye

Mon. June 8.

Dear Fido,

Thank you for E. Marsh cutting. I have sent it on to Bud for his
paper-basket.

It was good to hear you. By now, I expect Rvr. will be with you.
I called him up, after all, and gave message. I AM so
happy about Pup. 5 out of the whole 40, Pup
is smug about the whiskers, but says, "don't tell anyone." He
might turn me down at the end." I don't think he would
choose Pup for this, unless he had an eye on her. I am really
so terribly pleased.

Iex played some lovely music from the Porgy and Bess opera and
some Flagstadt, whom I had not heard. We had a
lovely Earl Grey afternoon...

I am going to go now direct for eye-test, so won't
strain my eye too much. Its all right.... and may very
be ps-a, as such a lot has come up, re Pup and the Seagull.
Anyhow, thank you for all news, and I do hope garden
is better. O, that awful letter of Cole! It made my
heart just go soggy.

Enclosed from G.P.

Love and I AM so happy you are with Rvr. I will write
mpe to-morrow. Lovely day. SO much love to you both, from
ye

Tues. June 9.

Dear Fido,

I am happy to know that by now, D.V., Rvr. will be with
you. I shall be eager for all news of you both, from you
both. Trust the trip will prove a change and that the VEE
proves a veritable Eros...

I had an interesting hour at the oculist yesterday. He says
I have most remarkably strong eyes. They are so strong that I
have been taking double strab for years and years. He said
"it would have been better for you, if your eyes were not
so good. "

He wants me to rest them for
a few days or a week and is simply renewing, more or less,
the original prescription that I had before I left States,
but twice or more, as strong. It is just as well

I have seen to this, as he says there has been a head-strain for
some time, due to the fact that the eyes simply took
on extra work, without my regesting it, due to their
peculiarity. He says they are pigmented as to a very, very
fair Nordic and that maybe, has caused a sort of
strain, too... funny. But I feel better about it, and
will not do any writing except letters for about a
week, get the new glasses ... later, if I feel I want
it, I can go Zuri, but p.b. said he thought it was
a simple mechanical thing, which it proves. My mind is much
at ease about this....

I keep thinking of Col's remark of people "who write but
can't think of plots." I think it must be D.A.Hill, as I told he
I was using the name, and I feel, for myself, in SOME ways,
D.A. at least in Ear, if fool-proof. I don't mind what
people say. I shall make an effort in about two weeks, to see
Cole as otherwise, I shall barge into her at the
wedding and there will be a fine Edith Evans( Kex will know
what I mean) evenement. Cole ACTS, that is
all there is to it .... but I did always like
her. God... what a muddled mind! However, I shall,
really like seeing her, and must. Also, I regret never
seeing Lotte, and will try to do that, too. I enclose ...
do NOT return.

I loved seeing the Dickinsons and will see them again. But it
IS funny, how late people will stay here. In their case, I was
really glad. Also, so grateful that they had done all
that for Pups.

I am sorry I did not get to your mother, week-end. But I am
making an effort. Pups tells me she is all right, and very
kindly-ly disposed to me, so I just leave it, and send
message, which I am sure Pups does not deliver.

Much love and God bless your home, and do let me have news.
With ever so much love to you both, ever and ever, ye old

Wed. June 10.

Tuesday. June 9.

Dear Fido,

No special news. All marches with the p.b. Will
you give me dates and tell me Stockholm plan, as last night, it
struck me in bed, that maybe it was "indicated" that perhaps
D.A. Hill join the party. Please don't have me if you
don't want, and please do NOT hold it up against me, if
I decide to-morrow that I feel I can not come. But I have been
here, without even a week-end, since last October and somehow,
sadly it seemed I wanted sea and a boat and as Alex and
Bud were both so charming and we had such fun together, I
thought it might be fun and in the old Wing-Beat,
new Sea-Gull tradition. However, if this is upsetting your
UNK or just plans, you can tell me, and also, I may
change my mind - it may be just an idea. Also, I feel I
OUGHT to stay here for PUP.

Le me have a line anyhow. I am calling up Bud to-day and will
see him for lunch and maybe ask him, too, what he thinks. I
don't, at the moment, imagine I could endure the empty
Kenwin, at the same time, Kex and you and Bud would be such
fun. I am also pretty sick of ps-a, and it would
be a change. Will you let me know your dates. I could meet you
incog at the boat, so your family need not know. Anyhow, this is
simply a D.A. Hill inspiration and may peter-out. But it makes
me happy to imagine it ... with you all.

McD. came yesterday to hear his sister on
the Radio. She sings very nicely, scotch and all that,
lyric and correct and everything you might expect. We had
a nice talk, only an hour, but he was somehow put-out by
Bud. I can not imagine why. He thought Kex was Americana, he said
" but he is the perfect type of New Yorker, of that set, that
spends half their life abroad. " Please tell me this. I told
off the boy-frined on high-hattang the rest of us at the party,
he said it was " inferiority" on his part. I am seeing him
one day toward the end of next week with a pack, I believe of
Americans, in the Chatto flat.

It is foggy but I prefer it, for my augen,
to glare... am getting the new glasses after lunch. The p.b.
said it was a very good thing I went. I was "puniching" my
eyes, or myself, in the UNK for "looking" or for some
idea that"looks might kill. " Anyhow, it was a simple
mehanicla thing like getting a new ribbon for the type-writer
and I will feel better... do feel better.

Please bring back if you will,
that silk flowered summe address and maybe some oddments, but
I will write at length and send you a list.

Test to Rover. Don't let me
interfere with your cruise, if it is not good for the rest. It
would be a chance to visit O U, Fido, while the boys
were sky-larking. Ever with devoted love, ye olde

Friday. June 10.

Dear Fido,

I enclose from the old Pups. She was in great form. I found some nice new salmon slices at H RECORDS and with trimmings and eggs done in dishes, we had quite a little orgy. Pup played the gramaphone-radio"in a whisper" as she puts it. Fortunately, she has discovered that the music can whisper.

I have my glasses and they almost frighten me, it is all so clear and luminous. I will go easy for a few days till I get used, actually, to seeing things. I had not realized that I was not seeing them. The man at Dollands, I feel, was very clever and very thorogh, in case you ever want to recomment anyone for this sort of thing.

I had a nerve-shock at the Uhlan. I said that Bud and I had had cards, I supposed that everyone had. He grunted, then I said, "mine was a big bird, I don't know what Herring got." Then from the back-of-the-couch came a most urbane and slightly triumphant grunt, "MINE was a polarbear," but "polarbear" pronounced as if it were half the length, very quickly and sounding very funny; just accordian-pleat that word as if it were about thee letters and you get it plbr, like Turtle's famous Totcorrd or whatever....

Really, you two!

Bud was in terrific form, he had met Paul after the premiere of the Showboat, and some hollywood blonds had sneered at Paul at the dinner and ~~Pap~~ was in a state, and Essie was away, and Paul clasped Bud and walked into the banquet room with an arm round Bud's shoulder and so on and so on.... all this over lunch. Bud was happy, too, to see K. looking so well ...

Please, much love, to you both, and I will endeavour to write more news of sorts next time. This just to say that Pup said all was well, chez Audley, see enclosed.

Pup simply lives and breathes Old Vic; I am so pleased, it is as if she had always been there, she is so at home. Bud gave me a cutting from the guardian about Saint Denis, very fine praise of his work, but I gave it to Pup. Bud wanted you especially to see it, but I suppose it is all right, and Pup really, I suppose, has first rights... it was nothing you did not know, but Bud wanted you to see his paper was in all this. Apparently they are THE very best thing in the high-brow... Pup is stuffed like a capon with commedia delle arte ....

Embrace Rvr. on the ear... and much love to all and sundry from ye olde,

faithful

June 11. Thursday.

Dear Fido,

I called up Bud yesterday from the p.h., and am lunch-ing with him, chez Rules. I will write you all and any dirt. He said on the wire, in a sad voice that he believed you were giving up Stockholm. I said I had written you, and we would all see....

By the way, first and foremost, I went in to Aud. yesterday and it is a good thing. Fortunately I had told Pup I would go on Sun., and Pup had told me not to, and I held that over Lady A. Jenie was there. At once, your mother, fixed me with an eye and said, "I knew all the time Kennth was in town, he never came to see me, people can't be in London without it getting about." I just sat and smiled. I was afraid she would ask me point-blank, and did not know if a straight lie was best... did not know at all, but I evaded it, did not say I had or had-not seen "ex. " only tell you this, as I do not want to get in wrong. Jamie was completely hypnotized and kept telling your mother little confidential bits about John and Esther, and also, talked of Eileen. So I do not know how things get there... not that it matters... only about going north. I don't know if it would be best for me to come, and also, IF I come perhaps you better tell your mother, as I am supposed to be here for Bunch. only mention this at once, so that you and Kex can be ready to help me out or over.

I think it is all a-pailing and uisgusting and
distasteful about this talk about Kex, and I am
really mad, too. Only, fortunately ps-a has hardened my
arteries, and I just smirked and smiled and, for, once,
nurse P. was very helpful ad really kind and engaged me in
long anecdotes about Prinsess E. and "Pepper", and old
house-keeper of an aunt of an aunt of the Duchess of Y., and
so on.... I told nurse how my mother had met an
old nursery-governess of the Bowes-L. on the way over to the
wedding, in a wagon-lit - you remember ? I stayed two
hours, and the time flew, very good tea. All the time, Jennie was
engages in absolute hypnotized and apparently happy
talk with your mother .... that is how it works. But
Please forgive me, if I intrude all this... it is not
over-important, the ONLY thing is, for you and Kex to
have some sort of freedom together and apart.

Blessings.

I had lovely card from
you both, and one from Dragon of Hans Andersons house, she
seems happy but says she will be glad to see everybody again.

Suppose maybe,
she is a little lonely and misses the Bear though she does
not say so.
month

I spoke to Bear of my going to and he seemed to
approve, said it would be a healing family party, or words to
that effect.

God bless your home and you two, ever ye old

Sun. June 14.

Dear Fido,

I have repeated attacks of convulsions whenever I think of Bud as the gay Lord Quex( see enclosed). The p.b. thinks the Chatto in question is a boy who "married" me in the hen-coop. I mean simply the ceremony with a lot of brats pretending to be a wedding-procession, and the child, Raymond, in question, kissed me, and someone pronounced us man-and-wife. Bud and Kex are brothers, and the Chatto is "escape" by way of Raymond, age 5 and 1/2 in the hen-house. All very prettily text-book, but HOW dreadfully annoying it is, when the other party has not the rest of the script, so to speak, of the UNK. FROM the UNK, he seems to speak the right lines, but then one can't yell and laugh about it. Well... anyhow, thank you and Rvr. for all bright remarks, and it seems to have caused Bud also, to have a break-down.

I am counting the hours till the sailing of the Nancy Bell. I told you I fell, didn't I, and slit a skirt to pieces, so badly that even Kuhl said he could not mend it. This, the day before the boy-friend came - *all of a sudden/marks/like* - I came out of Kethe P. ( where I got seagull tickets) and dropped on the pavement. P.B. says it is exhibitionism, that I want the boy-friend, himself and the world at large to see my knickets. Alas, no illusions ....

Well more anon and love, ever

Thanks for cutting.

Monday, June 15.

Dear Fido,

I am excited to find that Sweeden in under Aquarius- the sign of
friends, and the new regeneration, Nww Russia and so on, also
in it's best intellectual and spiritual sense of
sould-mates- id est - id est... Rvr. will translate. Pup
tells me there are" little islands couvered with naken young
men. " I am getting more and more SURE that Sweeden is to
be my new Switzerland and you and I will correspond about
our relative states of mind and wall-flowers across the
seven seas. O, for the magnetic north-pole. I am thrilled
beyond words... had a long time/ some while back, about my love
of snow. O, Fido, I am really deeply grateful to you. You
and Kex can commute to N.Y. and I will get a hut on an
isle if there is war, and there will I sit and be a sea-gull
in the best early H.D. manner r plus the later Scillies.

Do NOT say you can not go, for my lungs are leaden with
soot and I must get there. I know Bud feels as I do.

I will return here AFTER the wedding and go Suisse for some
things, have maybe another two or three month with p.b., then
maybe Stockholm for some snow during the winter. I see it all
in a luminous dimension. Tell Kex. But let us not be divided in
our SO-00-uu)ls. And let us do a good get-together once in so
often.

Pup blew in for tea. She confided that at ten, when I took her to see Show-Boat, she saw a little gil do a dance, and decided then and there that she would go on the stage. WHAT an influencer we do have on the young, all unknowing. She told me she told "Fido about it, who was most unsympathetic," but apparently she held the right thought and it is only now in her matuе ripe old age, that she divulges the secret of her first aspirtaions. Paul, at that! Father ? Anyhow, not a bad choice....

## BOAT, too.

I went out to post your letter and ran into- yes, of all people, Stephen. I asked him up. We had a long and most interesting talk. You know his mother's husband died, and I wondered if it has made a difference. S. was very subdued and very king - quite different, he had just been to his mother, who lives near here, in Sloane Street. I will see S. again. He was pleased about Pup, his youngest half-brother ran off and got into Russian Ballet, the safe sort of atmosphere, and works like ( to quote again the p.b. ) " hell." S. asked of you. I asked you were where you are, I wish he could be depended on to be as nice as that, always... quite a surprise. I guess its the death of the step-father, partly. He had met the p.b. at his mothers.

Well, love to ye olde Kexxe. Tell him to send me another paw-mark. O, Fido, lizzards.

All well, the Pup reports chez Audley.

Ever and ever, ye ever olde,

Wed, June 17.

Dear Fido,

Thank you for suggesting the Timmy present, please do
it for me. I enclose a card. How kind of you to remember.
Let me know the exact amount, will you, it is only decent
that I pay you.

Pup called up last night and is coming in to dinner, as John
is due at Audley. It is always good to see Pup and I am
glad I am here, as it eases things, once in a way, for your
mother.

Ellen Hart, too, called up, she has
my script of ION. I am giving it round to break my own
phobia about it.
I think she is a little
puzzled- I don't know by what. But she and Brook are reading and
making some notes - those, should be priceless. But I
feed it is best to circulate ION, before committing it.
By way of "treatment" to my own UNK, if nothing more.
Hart comes in to-morrow for a sherry.

Nice clear day and sunny. I am longing for some
real air, however. But I have got off a lot of pages to
Woolford, and I think the ps-a is marvelous, the p.b. and I
have got a lot of shaggy threads woven in, nicely, thank
you.

I think you told me Wool dates, but enclose this to
confirm. Visit card is for Timmy, I repeat.

Sorry to be so dumb, much LUF,

Sunday, June 21.

Thank you, dear Fido, for getting plants and for all news.
It is terribly hot. As hot, as I have almost ever known it
here. Is it the heat-wave from N.Y. ? Anyhow, it is
simply dreadful.

I had Pup in for tomato-juice, she was so good, but terribly
upset as Saint D. has been giving it her for her bad
(she says) mime. I feel the Pup needs someone here, and she too,
if feeling the heat. It may make the whole difference to
her life, if or if not getting through this. I am
beginning to feel I O U G H T NOT go North. I am simply
afraid the Pup will be needing encouragement, and this is the
only thing I have done for her really- to encourage and help
her in her work here. I feel I ought not to let her
down. However, she may be happier after the French class,
as Saint D. begins that, this week, and he may be bicer to
her. It MAY be that he is particularly coaching Pup as he
likes her... I can't tell. And I don't know how much
better or worse she is; he told her she would have to work
harder at Mime. But how to help her, is such a problem.
But she is worried/stiff; if only you or Kex were here for a
moment. I feel so responsible. Anyhow, please write her and
me if possible.

Monday, June 22.

Dear Fido,

Our letters about Sweeden seem to have crossed and we,
evidently, both feel it is not indicated.
I will now
prob. stick heretill Pup is through her work. I think I am
a moral support to her, she says so, and there is so little
I can do for her.
I am writing Bud to tell him this,
though will leave it just a little vague, for appearances
sake, and ask him to comein for sherry, one day.

Yes, I do think that Turtle is the main thing, and of course,
it would be rushing matters pretty much, to break off and
rush back again. Thank you for asking me Kenwin. I should
terribly like a little glimpse of you and Rvr. this summer,
but will stick here prob., unless there is no chance of
seein goy later in Kenwin. Are you in Kenwin in Aug., if so
will you give me roughly dates, and is Pup to be with me, at
all, this summer ? I felt last summer was not at all good for
my UNK, the loneliness, no Pup, no you, no Kex had pretty
sad repercussions, though I dare say it cleared up some things and
I did get ION under way. But I don't want to rush out to
Kenwin Aug., and find no one there or be stranded with
Trude or Lotte, all due respect to them all. Please let
me know, if you do not mind, roughly. I should like to be
wht Pup a bit, too, there, if possible. Anyhow, I will see
Pup in a few days and will see Bud...

Odd how we should both

feel the same, at about the same time, about the North.

It is hot, but on the whole it seems
to be good for my UNK, and I am doing pages every morning, so
I think if I keep the "stream of consciousness", it may, in
the end, be beneficial.

I don't know what to do about the moneys you sent
me for the trip north. But more of that, later.

I have been reading the Vienna letters, they
are really most, most amusing and refreshing.

I do get blue over Sunday, but feel
better now, and though it is hot, I am shedding clothes, and
will get some thinner things and am getting used to it.

Much love, and thanks again,

and thanks for good letter. Ever

Tues. June 23.

Dear Fido,

Thank you for Bank list, I will carefully see to it, it is all
most kind and helpful of you and Rvr.

Silvia called up, just back from her trip, and came in
to tea. It seemed to have done her a lot of good, and I
had a most helpful zodiac talk with her. I have been
going through most odd, pernicious hell the last week, and she told
me there was an eclipse of the sun, last Thurs., funny, as
that day in particular was awful. All these storms and
heat-waves are more or less, accounts for and especially
the strange occult depressive effects in the air, with
thunder and this heat. I feel much better now, and do
feel this sort of explanation helps. She said she felt so
light and free in the north, and felt herself sailing toward
and into a depressive "belt". However, she says now it is
passing, while I too feel, and we are in Cancer now, out of
the tricky twins, and I am really feeling a different
person. The p.h. would of course, put it all down to the UNK.
But I approve of mixing the ingredients ....

Silvia loved Sweden, he just went over in a bat for the day and longs to go back there. She liked Den. but found it flat and "Dutch," but was caught up and excited beyond words by the timbre and rythm of S. I am happy

about this, and told her maybe at Xmas, we might go north to
get some snow. It was odd, her complete love of the north, she was
with another girl who was a bit "insular" (I quote)
and S. said if she had been a loner, she would have gone,
well, well, as far north as the n-pole.
Completely bitten
by it... but only "got" the thing, once across the water. I
had that feeling, all the time, and now know it is right, and will
save this. I am glad I decided to stay, as I do feel the Pup
needs help, she called up last night and is due in one day
soon. She said all ok-y at Aud., and I tell Pups that
I think S.Denis is coaching her specially. She says he
picks her out and scolds her each time, gives her about
twice the time of the others "scolding", but
surely, Fido, if he thought her SUCH a dud, would
he take the trouble? P.B. says too, this will have and is
having terrific psychic repercussions on the Pup. I suppose
Denis is "dear daddy" at last. Anyhow, I am glad to be here,
now, with old Pups. But will you and Rvr. tell me what you
think? I told Pup that I thought Denis had a "lech" on
her... or he would not give her so much time. Thought it better
to instill self-confidence.... please S.O.S. ...help!

Hot but cloudy... not quite so sulty, I feel
it is "passing over" and anyway, have gone in to no stockings and a
big blue straw hat and no sleeves, and feel more adapted.

Love to old Dawg, please both of you,
send S.O.S. to pup if poss., and poss. or imposs., to ye
olde

Wed. June 24.

Dear Fido,

Thank you for long note, re Pups. It cheers me up, but
evidement my own UNK is perturbed, and I will stick it,
if I can. The heat anyhow, is too awful, I imagine
anywhere. Pup says Denis rages against it,
" there is no heat so dreadful-like this-but in
England." So maybe, it is a general brain-wave,
induced by the late sun-eclypse, flooding the country.
Anyhow, heard from Pup last night, seemed as per usual,
depleated however... as all are. Said all was well, chez Aud.

I enclose from your
mother. I will of course go in on Sat. and will report.

I don't yet know whether to go Rules or
not. I will call up from the p.b. house, see how I
feel, once out in the air. I wrote Bud, sking
for his plans about the North, but he doesn't answer
in his letter.

Please give Rvr. lots of love and thank him
for all paw-marks. I am so very glad you are there
together out of this swelter. More later, ever your
old

Thurs. June 25.

Dear Fido,

Thank you for your letter. I had a talk with Bud yesterday. He has worked most terribly hard and the heat here, I repeat ad nauseum, has been simply deadening and sickening. Let him know your North plans as soon as you can, as I really do feel he needs some change, and he says he can't plan anything until he hears from you. He wants apparently FIRST to go north with you, but of course wants to go somewhere else if you don't go. I do, do hope you manage it. I am staying here with Pup. It does not seem right to go away. I will then plan NOT to see you. I am sorry but see how it all is. I will try to be Kenwin August, part-time, if suitable, with Pup. I may ask Silvia out, but do not want to commit myself, and maybe another girl, and the Pup and they and us can make a sort of picnic of it, girl's school summer-term. I shall like this. Once out, I shall prob. stay on through October as I love the autumn there, but don't want to be left a last time, unprepared. If I KNOW what I am going to, it is all oke, as I have got a bit piece of stream-of-c. writing done and it will anyhow, take a certain time getting it finally shaped, and I can plan that three months Kenwin. I feel the psa has an accumulative effect, and will prob. go back for part of winter.

["Give my best love to the Turtle.", "Greet the Geneva bunch, I will hope to see them later in summer-term.", "I had nice talk with Hart, she may come to wedding if I take her under my wing. I feel your mother's letter is no less than a very-royal summons, and I shall have a talk with her on Sat. and will have to get Kuhl to cut me a new dress. Could Rvr. design something and what colour? I want blue but your mother seems to imply that it is HER colour that day, and so will Rvr. think of another .... but what ????器器器器器器器器器器器器器器器器器器器器器器

Fri. June 26.

Dear Br,

Thank you for letter. Glad T. arrived. Please give him my
very best love.

I had a long talk with Pup who did not seem happy at
NOT going direct to Cornwall. I think now I have fed
her up with idea of Marienbad. But I don't think she
wants to go Kenwin. So I will simply think of her as happy
as soon as she can get to Cornwall, in Keverne. I don't know
your exact plans, but Pup is so anxious to get there, that I
would be happier if she had that.

I won't plan ANYTHING. I may not leave England at all
this summer. I feel it would be a little too much
of a rush and ps-a mixture to go M-bad. I told Pup I
might go with her, as it seemed to make her happier. But I
will leave it quite fluid. I can always run out to Kenwin
for papers and so on, if I want. But I won't ask you in any
way, to plan for my being there. Naturally you will be here
for your Sept 2. I had not thought of that.

I am not at the moment, asking anyone to come with me, as the ps-a
is fluid and one wants to be independent of people- one
must be. It is terribly kind of the T. to suggest Boston,
he is really most kind and stabilizing.

Forgive this short and shoddy note, it is almost black,
fog. But I don't mind as it is cooler than it was- a record
summer.

Sat. June 27.

Dear Fido,

Thank you for your nice letter. Enclosed , I am seeing
this afternoon, it may be quite fun. I will talk states with it,
and may be seeing another Amuu-rican next week, too.

Bud like; this woman. Have you any of her pomes? What does
she stand for, all very awkward as I almost got her mixed up
with that early H.D. Bishop... anyhow...

Tell Turtle not to throw about his invites to Boston so
careless-like, as I am now deeply sure and happy in the
thought that I will go there, maybe not this winter,
but next spring or summer to stay maybe for about a year.
I don't think I will break off now with p.b. to go north, I

told you this before.
I W A S terribly upset
but all that, is always, in ps-a , to the good, eventually,
and now I think and feel, it is all concentration and I
will get through all this, and get on with my
war-novel that I have been working at this winter. When it is
done- all the 1920 Greek scene comes in- I will have, I
am sure, laid the European ghosts, and will then turn , O, so
bright and cheerful and community-minded, to the discovery
of America. Te l Turtle, his kind and repeated
invitations, I am sure, have much to do with it.

Hurrah for good old I776!

I see your mother this afternoon, saw Kuhl, he looked rather
alarmed when I said I must have a dress for a wedding. But
COLOUR - MUST I wear PINK ???? Your mother seems

to have some sort of sweet-pea colour-flower-bed
design in view. Well, I will penetrate that
rainbow-mystery this afternoon. I don't wear green but maybe
it would be less upsetting to my UNK than PINK. Anyhow, it is
all getting to be a good joke. I feel like one of the rather
superior supers. Of course, the p.b. should come in
his uniform. What a shock it will be to see him, if I do,
in Audley. Can not the T. be persuaded to come, a la
that lovely photo. we saw of him and Max in the
Prater ?????

Pup. prob. in to-morrow, and I will report.

Much love all round. Cut me out of the north. I am
travelling in the astral toward Boston., Mass.

You better plan to join me.... I will want a ticket or something
to a library ... but must lay this Eu-roope
ghost first...

Ever and eternally, to all and sundry, ye olde

Sunday, June 28.

Dear Br.,

Had a very exciting talk with your left-wing revolutionary poet, Rukyser. She is only 21, said she had just seen you at Gregories. We talked and they had dinner together, I took her home to Queen Anne's Mansions, near the place where we once had that apartment, he is with two people on a sort of committee to study co-operative or chain-stores, I gather: anyhow, they may go to Sweden, or she may stay here. She has the use of a new Ford, she tells me, and rather wanted to take me to Cornwall, in it, but I do not know. She is very exciting and Leo-ish and certainly would be a good tie-up for me in N.Y., as she seems to know a great many people, of the right "left" tendencies. She was at Vassar but left like me, at Bryn Mawr, was with E. Bishop as I was with M., funny. The later, she tells me is quite well off... is with someone one in Paris, now I believe.

Well anyhow, maybe you knew all this... I will try to dine with her and Bud next week. I am feathering my U.S.A. nest, so to speak, but think I will make T., tell him, and Boston my objective and work down to N.Y. just for a quick visit from time to time. I want to finish this War-Corfu book first, as I will never touch it again, once I get to States.

I had an extremely nice talk with your mother. I spoke of the
dress, she does not seem to think that blues is exclusive to
the Wedding party, so I will get some kind of blue, after
all... NOT larkspur, of which I heard all the details.

Pup will be in, D.V., after
lunch. She is very happy now, as she has more or less fallen in
love with Guilgood, tell ex, he will be interested. She said
he was so nice and informal, just walked in, talked to them all
about his early mistakes (tactful) got each to
read a passage from Shakespear, aid what a pity that the
best Shakespear was done by GERMANS, quoted E.Bergner,
much to Pups delight and the Romeo and J., there, said nothing
in English half-equalled the German presentation of
old Shakers., and was it not up to them all, to
wrest as it were, "our poet from the hands of
"foreigners" who understood him so much better and in
spite of the language, were more true to his spirit...
etc. etc., all very astonishing indeed, and Pup was one
wallow of joy, how, how, how wonderful was J.G. and so
on.

all seems startlingly harmonious and
true to them... anyhow, I am much happier and Pup, too,
over her work. G. said she read it well but was timid, but
she would grow out of that"in time" ... all most
satisfactory.

Well much love, I am really a wreck by left-wrong, but very
happy.

Love to Turtle and more later from ye oldы

1776