Jan. 3. 1934

Cole has one key. I will give Puss the other.

WEd.

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I sent in mama a bunch of violets and am now just off over to South Andley. I had the letter, thank you and so much for the cheque, it is quite, quite too kind, but already I am in a quite new vibration. The telephone has been going. First, Dorothy T, who is giving a cocktail party so I may meet some of the group and discuss the psychological aspects of the " crime. " Then Stephen who swears I have a very good " press agent " wanted all

details, thinks it is a transvesteist, believes it all but that there could be such a person as Detective Sergeant Fish. I am to have a long talk soon with him. He sent love to you, wants so much to see you, has been very rushed with German work and trying to get out of a committee that D.T. has put him on to, said he had a lot of people ask if he would give introduction to you and he said "no" as he was sure you had enough German relief already was very very nice, came back to the " undies " went on and on for a half hour about it.

Cole called up too. I don't know when

I have laughed so hard.

Pup was most affable over the phone and told me all the dirt. I thought of you the first thing this morning.

I am thinking of you all the time. Darlings .... give much love to Eileen and thank her for offer of undies. Everyone has been most kind and the laundry was back so I am not quite nude. Also I dug out some good very old things, I had put in a trunk to give Mrs. Ash. Now I will wait till settled in before getting new things. I laugh and laugh. I think it is a "fish" joke, especially as the detective is called FISH too.

Tell Kex that the man was back again with two fresh kegs of

keys and Mrs. Ash telephones that everything was in order
there this morning. I am sure this is a good move. I think
we all felt better once you had gone. Cole and Pup seemed
all right and Pup said mama was really better now you were off. I
will soon be seeing her and will write you again in the
morning. I can not tell you how sorry I was to make such a
fuss but the ps-a group think it is a ps-a crime, Stephen is
getting in touch with Haire, everyone is discussing it, I can not
get over it. I laugh sometimes right out at lunch, and laugh
and laugh. Stephen thinks he will keep the clothes and an,
won'ts me to ask Fish where else the " stiletto " has been.
S. is getting in touch with the Yard too... he thinks its
marvelous. We are all having a new lease of life. As Col says
it is " such flattery that he took them all, that he thought them
all worth taking " Really ....

"And now you are well away in a new world, a new vibration
but this is in haste to thank you, to tell you how happy I am, much
better. This is for Kex too please.

Best to the dear Turtle. Stephen ( on the telephone )
says this is really a real rape and the " stiletto " mant to
leave me" naked. "

Well love my own darlings,

from a very gay snapped up

Jan. 4. '34
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Dear Fido,

Will you give note and enclosed to Rover. I felt quite a
personal loss about Weigall. Your mother is ever so
well and Pup calls me up daily. Cole and D.T. met each
other on the door-step yesterday, each with a little bouquet of
lilly of the valley, Cole said " now there may be just enough
for one vase " and seemed to upset D.T. I took violets which
your mother liked and she and I had a long, long talk about Egypt, and
much talk now in town over King T., why did this all
happen ???? I gave Cole back her Egypt book, it was almost
too involved, and I am working out numbers and stars. Buddy is
due in to-morrow for a séance.

Paton rushed at me before he even got the door open and said,
" I ave they got " im " I feel most important.

I told you I found a cache of old clothes so won't but for the
moment. Thank you al the same for 43 from your bank, it was
go good. I sent the cheque and some of your mother Xmas cheque into
my bank, as I won't risk lots of money about, though I am
clearing out everything and making new places to hide, also, I am
doing my book-case and must now take down my little Xmas tree which
was such a darling and a comfort.

I believe now the " criminal " has been in a number of times, Mrs.A.
 thinks so too. But the new locks are wonderful and the people
 upstairs also very very kind and keen and everyone is keeping an eye
 on my sensational place.

Well much, much love, dearest, KAT.

Jan. 6. 1934
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We have all heard, thank you so much. Buddy showed me a
card yesterday, and Cole called up to say she had heard, and Puss
ittells me Lady E. was pleased too with her budget. I saw now
off to Reunion in Vienna with Puss. She was at Dr.E.
this morning. I did not go to D.T. last night as Buddy
kept me very late, I had long star-reading with him, he was
very pleased. It is not so cold, really quite a faint little
glow of sun to suggest spring. Cole comes in to-morrow. Thank
Eileen for her paw-mark, I will try to write her. I will see
mama one day early in the week as Sunday is off, as Cole is
here. Your mother and I send each other letters through Puss
and are getting on famously. Much calmer now you are
gone. All is well. This is only in a hurry. I will get Puss to
add a line. Thank you so very much for exquisite Greek narcissus
from Solomon and for the usual pears and oranges, you spoil me so
terribly. I took down my Tree yesterday and packed away the
things. I am arranging everything, and feel very secure and
grand now with all these gluttoning new locks. I don't
have much time to play, but will when Puss gets off and I have new
machine. Give a great deal of love to the Turtle, please.

Now - later more .... much love and thanks for the
good and very exciting news of the boat and all the crew.
I do hope the Dawg likes it all, I am sure you and Eileen will.

Devotion and again thanks and more later,

LUF
KAT.

Jan . 11. 1934.

Just a dine, darling Fido, to say all is well. It is raining and
I am going out to post this with a present to Doris Doolittle who
is now going to be married to Norman Howard, you remember, Clifford's
younger brother. All seem much pleased with this, especially
the Kangaroo who had the lot rather on his conscience. Cole is
due in. We talk much of you. Pup calls me up every morning. She goes
from the hair dresser to the theatre to the beauty treatment, has
turned into a second mama Audley and seems quite happy. I tell
her I will see her at time, just to keep in touch, but they
bother seem to love being together. I had long talk, I told you,
on Monday alone with Lady Audley and am due now to go in
with Metzners on Saturday to dine.

I enclose

picture of Rosalind. I have not written, can not at the moment,
be bothered, am clearing up all my stuff and getting everything
ship-shape. I will be anxious to know of your future plans. I
love the cable. I will try to write Rover, tell him Mrs. Ash
goes every other day or so and Author is always there. I think
they live there. Mrs. Ash is apt to be a bit flighty after
cleaning at Kinnerton. Trust K. did not leave too much
in the bottles. No news. Though I do follow the papers now
with great interest - that, since Vienna. John left a wreath
but I suppose you know that - your poor mother was so pleased.
I fear my letters are pretty dull but you know how one sinks
into things here. I am trying to write a little every day.
Well, forgive this dull note. I will write again. I try to
get something into box every day or two. Much love to Dr. Turtle.
More later.

LO F
KAT.

Oh ... my life was saved by baskets of fruit and anemoies this time. Thank you so much. They came apparently on Wed, morning I will keep a strick eye out after this, don't want to miss any. They sent in some little ripe apricots or nectarines this time and it did me such a lot of good. The flowers last so well, too.

Thank you so very, very much.

Greet the brethern, please, right, left and centre ...

Jan. 13. 1934.

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Darling Fido,

All is well. I take Puss to a play on Monday, with a boy in it, Cole says is funny, What Happened to George. I went yesterday to Thunder over Mexico, startlingly beautiful, but one wasn't well prepared for it by all the C. U. public. A wonderful occasion, it is at Marble Arch, I will try to go again. It will be something to discuss in detail with the Metzners to-night. Kuhl has been in and is making a brown spring afternoon frock, slightly modelled on some of the ones that Kex designed. He seemed very keen to get on with the work and come early in week to fit it.

Cole comes in Tuesday, and Buddy on Wed. Buddy is very keen on my Astrological vol., and has gone right off the deep end about it, he says it solves everything or begins to. He is very intuitive and seems to take to this, I think it will be good for him, he says it has opened all kinds of doors, maybe, I will, from this, gently lead him into the ps-a fold. There is always a beginning some way, with the ucn-. I find start maps get almost anybody. Even Freud was pleased when I said he was born under Venus. "Under VENUS" he snapped up at me, pleased as Punch.

How is the Turtle ????

Give him much love.

Also tell Eileen I think much of her. My room, thanks to Kex is like a dope-fiends opium den. It gets more and more dope-y. It must be that little gold-footed Buddha. The Jaeger people don't yet know if they

themselves can keep on the house. But if you are doing a
business here, you may want part of a place and we could then,
as first discussed, take one of the small flats across the street,
at Harriet Walk. The girders are now going on up, so it may
be built sometime, sooner than we think. Anyhow I am having talk
with Cole. She is V E R Y keen on your doing some kind of
film work or some kind of business with anything, books or wbat not.
She saw Miss (what is her name, from the office ??? ).
Miss said that Cole's name had been kept from her and she was
ozzing with dirt and wants to go on with " Miss Bryher. " She
says " Miss Bryher " is much admired in the business world and
among people and her " name " attracts people and" Miss Bryher "
should go on or words to that effect. She and Cole got right down
to bed-bed and wallowed. It is a good thing you have closed that door
down. You must begin again. Then, if you do, I know Cole is
keen to have a finger in the pie and would be glad to
superintend. And Miss also. ( WHAT is her name ??? )

It seems more springlike. I have lovely anemonies to remind me of
you and March, 15 years ago.

Fido, we are all holding the right thought." IT must be business. We
are all set on it. Your mother is perfectly all right when you
are away. You must do that for all our sakes.

Puss is a dear. She had tea with me yesterday.

Well, the best of luck.

No more news of E. B. Puss says, " O, she is just being Gemma. "

Much love,

Mon. Jan. 15. 1934

No special news, dear Fido. I went to film last night after
little Italian dinner in Soho, saw two fairly good films.
P. went again to Thunder, I mean to if it is still on.
How are you ??? We think of you all the time, no news yet,
of course. Cole comes in to-morrow and Kuhl with my new dress, also
the shawl insurance to have a look round. The day after,
Buddy, hot on the star-trail, he says it has changed his life
entirely. On Thurs. I take Puss to a show, she was busy to-day
with some "pup" as she said that Lady Audley wanted her
to entertain. On Friday, O. B. comes. He called me up
yesterday, very wan and weak and very far away, he says he has
cold and is depressed after the Isles. I will give him the
vol. for R. Fuller. I will also talk over " dirt " of all
sorts and conditions. I wonder how Eileen is. I paid the
Kinnerton telephone bill to-day, no letters, advt, foldy,
etc. I do not keep. Everything here, is ship-shape. To-day there
is warm murky air, better than all that cold.

I saw Mr. Arthur, will see him again, everyone here, most
friendly. We had a good time at Audley but the Metzners seemed
a little subdued, but were very nice, therewas just us three.
Mrs. M. looked so pretty. I wish she would wear her orientals however,
at night. I told her she could here.
Mrs. Ash comes
regularly and spends much time at Kinnerton.
Everything will be
ready there or here, when you come back. I do wonder of your plans. Have
you seen the Aikenses ?????

I am going out to try and find a horoscope vol. for your
mother. Buddy told me of a well-stocked shop off the Charing X Road.
She told me she loved the vol. written by the Express man, I want to
get her something for her trip. We quite go off the other night
on subject of her horoscope. Funny. She is very "goat",
important but difficult. Puss goes to
beauty treatments and seems quite all right. I will
write more later. This is just the usual dull budget, to let
you know that everything is all right.
Give much love to Eileen. I will be writing Kex. Give love
to the Turtle and greeting to the brethern.

Jan. 17.

Everything is all right, dear Fido. I enclose silly sheet, don't suppose
you want it, also settings. I see Bud to tea. Cole and Puss
were here yesterday. Both Cole and Puss tell me, your mother is full
of people, all the time ad dates and seems mush mud more calm
when you are away. For her sake, too, you must get some side-line
to your life - business. Cole is keen talking to Miss Stephens.
Bud will be anxious to be in on anything and others, I know. I
needs simply, a very firm head and hand. I beg to wonder
how ~~you~~ are, my dear. Let us hear. I ex-pect there will
be a great lot of stuff all at once. Puss is so good. It
is dark, can hardly see. Will write more later. Love to Turtle,
to Eileen, to you much much from

Jan. 19. 1934

Dading Fido,

Your letters have come in a great lump, seven in all yesterday, and one this morning That is six from the boat, in all, and one good one from the hotel dining-room this morning I am over-joyed and quite swept into it all. Will you tell Dog and Eileen the same.

I feel it so unsatisfactory to write, now don't know if this will find you, can not find the address of Chem. Bank anywhere, will you? Ob.

sent this also to Turtle. Everyone is in fine form. Your mother is really very happy and being all the time, she loves all this fuss. Mouse and Mrs. Wintringham came in yesterday to call, an hour late, it rather upset me, the Mouse was an hour out on her watch and I was just getting my supper. However, they were very nice, talked much of you, the Mouse is in terrific form, a lot of new little tippets and so on.

Mrs. W. is very nice, Mouse world, kind and intelligent and much travelled. I can not tell you how I love all you write. I am posting this at once to Boston, then will search for Chem. Bank address and write you another letter, so that one day get you. We are all happy to think you may be coming back but do, do stay if you can, it seems such an awful trip for such a short time. Tell Kex, I have not been to Kinnerton but Mrs. Ash reports all is well.

They want to know how much paid for the shawl, can you let me know? They prefer to pay me another shawl unless it was over £30. I said I would write you. They are however very kind, and now say new locks are absolutely foolproof. One may lock onself IN, that is all.

O.B. is due for long seance this afternoon. I will give him
the Fuller vol.

I had a marvelous time with Puss at a show, " What happened to
George" , really very good. Puss /came back here and
played gramaphone. I see her again. She has been V E R Y
good, everyone says so.

Well, I will save my thunder and write another letter to the
Chem. Bank later in the day.

Much, much love and greet the brethern. Your letters make
history. We all love them

Surely, you don't use FOREIGN postage to England. Do you ?????

Jan. 19.

Just a repeat of letter I sent this morning to Boston. I have now
found the Chem. address, so send this as wll, in hope of getting
week-end boat. Hope all is well. Your two letters from N.Y. arrived,
such fun to hear, we are all busy chewing them all over.

I had five from the boat, I wrote you. Thank you all. I ask
you to thank Eileen for her little pawmarks and the dog. I will
write the dog soon, but there seems so little to say, after
all your thrills. O.B. was here to tea, stayed three hours, we
atewed over things in general. He was very nice, seemed rather
vague and dopey but full of Butss news and sags of one
sort and another. He wants me to go out with Fulmers this week.
Puss called up and Lady E. asks me in to dine Sun. night I will
try to go, as it will be last I see of Mouse etc. I suppose
they go on the Tues. Your mother is very excited and really
so different when you aren't there. Comeback, when you can. I will
have Kinnerton ready. Just let me know approx. time.

Thank you again for mauve tulips, this Wednesday and more fruit.
I cherish the flowers; they over-lap and fruit is always so

terribly helpful.

I had note from Marianna. Did you see her. Tell Eileen that I gave you the address of James Henderson, she asked for. You have it. Tell her. I wonder what you will make, or will have made of Boston, Mass. It will be odd seeing you, seeing everything from a new angle. I wonder so terribly of Eileen too. What a joke that Dawg is so gay. This is only repeat of this morning's nothing So only much love to all,

Jan. 22. 1934

Darling Fido, I go tea again, this afternoon.
I dined Audley last night. Pup has a bad bark in her
throat, but is being kept quiet, she says she feels all right and
looks all right. There is more fog. She won't be all right really
till she gets on the boat. It is well they are going. Your mother
was in terrific form and the Mouse very smart, and seemed at
home and happy there. Pop was there too, and seemed quite well, but Pop
and I were the sounding-board and had to be subdued, your mother
talks of a trip to South Africa now, so don't be put off her saying she
won't travel. She is quite different with Mouse, tells her quite
different things, I believe now she will travel constantly, don't be
put off what she says. She also seems about to take the house, she talks of
so much. Anyhow, I have never seen her look better nor happier.
She vamps horribly of course, but one gets the technique of it,
and Cole and I have both learned a lot from going there, and have had
a whole lot of analytical findings. Cole comes weekly for her
" hour" and we go completely off the deep end. Joan now is
about to defy her father and leave home, its all very wearing. I
suppose she will do it. Gerald is nice and intelligent and there, in
case of necessity. Puss evidently got great kick of
going to theatre with me and I found her reading Reunion in Vienna in
bed yesterday. She asked me to smoke and I did so, as I was alone in
her room; I trust there will be no dire consequences; we threw the
ash down the W. C. I went early and Paton kindly took me up
to Pup's room; I made the excuse I wanted to ask her of her
packing. They leave at an ungodly hour in the morning, so I will

on to see them off.

Fog is dreadful ... finally getting on my nerves a bit. Mrs. Ash says she will be glad to " do " for us evenings if you come back and want dinners in. I imagine she can do plain stuff, she " did " for the Ewan-Smiths in 169.

I loved the letters from Boston. I sent two of them to Buddy, as he had sent some to me from you. He was very pleased to hear. Bud has been great fun, he comes, like Cole, now for his " hour", though he and I keep to the Zodaaf. I find he is really so intelligent when got alone that way. I never took him seriously before. His mother leaves soon. Mrs. Macpherson

got off, Pop says, all right. What a lot of sailings. I am really, so happy to be stuck to my own rock, for the moment, however. Tulips from last Wed, are fresh and lovely. Wonder if you saw Aikens and what you did about Philadelphia, I don't think it would offer much after Boston, except for musical people. It is, in that way, a bit like Vienna.

Love to Turtle when you write. Please give Eileen and Dawg all sorts of tender messages. My thoughts are with you constantly.

Come back as late as you can, as weather is really atrocious, and everything here is all right ... Cole is constantly on the telephone and Buddy.

Luf to all

much, much luf

I can't get over your descriptions of Boston. I was so relieved and pleased you " got " it ......

Jan. 23. 1934

Darling Fido,

You will be glad to hear that they all seemed very happy last night. It
is now about 11, so I imagine they have got off all right.

Puss was in fine form but with a bark, she called me up
last night, to say that E.B. had seen her. It was arranged Pup
was to go, just before the doctor as E. had burnt her leg. Puss
did go, and was taken in the car to the theatre and dumped back
home. She said E. was very cute. E. wanted to have her stay but
P could not. I had long talk with your mother over
tea. D.T. was there and she and Mouse and Puss formed one cycle
and Lady E. and me another. We went right into the depth of
the occult, she wept and I wept and all she says about is the
" vibrations of the infinite " and I said the stars give you
something to " pray to " and she wept some more and said " if
only I could talk, if only I could talk. " So I have arranged to
go over if I am here when she gets back and give her
instructions in star maps and star lore. I will get on all right
that way and may open some door there, that one could not
with straight ps-a. ( This seems rapidly to be becoming my

little job. ) Well ... I have been working at your stars too and
your house of SERVICE is Aquarius, the universal, societies,
the occult etc. It looks like your business better be ps-a in some
form, anyhow, there it is. I will have some details for you when you
come back and you must really now be a good dog and be free of all
these old terrors. I will take on Lady E. on that gypsy level and love
it. But you must be on your own and get clear of the old vibration.

I am sure T. will agree, whether we call it ps-a or astrology or just common sense.

I am waiting for Kuhl, then will go out and have some lunch and go movie, to celebrate their getting-off. I have arranged provisionally, that Mrs. Ash comes in and does our rooms out at noon, when we go out for lunch, then comes back and cooks the dinner, just plain food. She says she is used to it, likes to do a chop and a savory sort of thing; it would suit us as we know her. She has already begun to take over odd things, plates and cooking utensils. I have the lot here and don't use them, so it will be better to use these old things, then Kex can get new if he wants. I will get any oddments we may need, but I doubt if we need a thing.

It will all work beautifully, I feel.

I am a little worried about Eileen. She seems to be the one odd -ment of the party. Or is she better? I see you as happy now with washed hair forever, in a rocking-chair.

Kex has just psychically disappeared, I imagine he will pop up again, released and happy.

Well... this in haste to report on E.B., also to tell you good news of your mother and, and to say again that things are in your hands. You can be free and happy if you want. It just needs a little careful manipulation.

Love my darling. I have handed the letters round among the brethern, with great success.

June 9.

VILLA KENWIN

BURIER S/LA TOUR
VEVEY

Téléphone: Vevey 12.63

Fido dear,

I am just racing this across the street with a heap of
re-addressed letters to you. The hours have been too
hectic, I am glad I am leaving. It started with beer bottles, we
found a half case gone, Miss V spoke to the cook, who had a fit and
was rude and told her to ask Cecile. Then when Jules came
with news of you, Miss V was telling me this and about cook, and
when he went down the cook had gone, all like that, had taken
her bags, the boys swore they had seen nothing. We thought,
maybe she had had some sort of fit. We went over the whole house
and asked the station master and so on. Finally when Jules came
this morning, he said he had seen her go with her bag and a
large paper box, so she did go.

Well- V cooked my

3.

VILLA KENWIN

BURIER S/LA TOUR
VEVEY

Téléphone: Vevey 12.63

I stopped at Timmie to pay bill, I told him he must
keep account of what he did with car, simply as Jules
would double-cross him. He was very relieved I had told
him. I thought it was much better. He is very happy for the
car - I hope it was all right I told him, for you would have
nothing to go on, and it might happen as with the cook; what
was the use of making a fuss after the beer was gone ? So
Jules - he might cut a dash all the summer and tell
Timmie he had your ers, so I told Timmie; he was terribly
amused - and intrigued in the best Vaud manner - not shocked, jus
took it for granted. There is absolutely nothing you see, Fido,
after he cook and poor Emile, that I don't imagine with the car .

me news of the funnies or draw me some funnies.

It is grey and coldish here. I
had to go into long stockings, and Pup finds her long
pants most comfortable, they hang a little loose, she is
most encouraged by that.

She appeared in a bright red short sleeve
jumper this morning with two Viking anchors.

Best luck, my dear- a strip now
of watery sun-light.

Love all news - we miss you - but are very
self-contained and contented.