| Content Description | Addresses her as 'My dear Sister'; discusses the coal strike in Britain; mentions the weather in Italy; informs her that Frieda didn't want to go to Germany to see her family, so has stayed in Italy; describes their new villa [the Villa Mirenda, Scandicci] and the family who own it; asks her to come to stay with Eddie [her husband] and Stanley [Eddie's brother].
Comments that [Martin] Secker has asked him to write a travel book, so he is thinking of writing one about the Etruscan cities, which would mean a good deal of travelling about - to Bologna, Cortona, Perugia, Volterra, Chiusi, and Tarquinia; Frieda would stay in Scandicci with their neighbours the Gair-Wilkinsons for company.
Mentions that he has sold his short story 'The Rocking Horse Winner', and will send a copy when 'Ghost Stories' comes out ['The Ghost Book' by Cynthia Asquith]; signed 'Love. DHL'. |