| Content Description | Addresses her 'Dear Catherine'; has told 'the Ottoline' [Lady Ottoline Morrell] that she and Carswell 'should know each other'; comments on Millicent Beveridge 'so limited a limitation goes with conceit'; glad that Carswell keeps her 'little flag flying'; couldn't write to the papers and 'Lawrence never did', if she apologises 'they'll disapprove just the same, because they like disapproval'.
Urges her to see the René Clair film 'A nous la liberté' as it is 'gay'; Kot [S.S. Koteliansky] doesn't like her [Frieda] but defends herself, 'I am not a shady person', and warns that 'he'd better be careful'; 'emotionally one goes wrong, yes, but dishonesty is another matter'; mentions 'Barbara' [Frieda's daughter] and the accusation that Frieda wants to 'rake in more' [money] by publishing 'Lady C[hatterley]'; thinks that her poverty with Lawrence should show that she is not greedy; signed 'F'.
Date: the letter was originally undated and has been annotated, possibly by John Carswell, with '1932/3'. |