| Content Description | Addresses her as 'My dear Gertie'; explains that he hasn't written for a long time because of her recent operations, and thought perhaps she couldn't be bothered to read letters; has heard that she is getting better, and is able to go back to Mundesley [Sanatorium]; calls her recovery 'a miracle: almost a resurrection'; mentions that he sometimes dreams about her deceased sister Frances [Cooper].
Reports on the ill health of various family members, etc, including Ada's sons 'Jackie' and 'Bertie' [John Lawrence Clarke and William Herbert Clarke], and his own experience of a bad cold and malaria which prevented him from going to England to see a production of his play; describes the summertime in Florence and the hot weather.
Has heard from Enid Hopkin [Hilton] and her husband that they may come to stay in Florence; and discusses rumours about William Hopkin's new wife 'Betty' being pregnant; signed 'Love from me! DHL'. |