| Content Description | Addresses her as 'My dear Ada'; confirms that he had a 'ripping time' at Garnetts and describes the Garnetts house; informs her that he is going to see Hueffer and Violet Hunt next week, and has a lunch date with his publisher William Heinemann; enquires about their father; signed 'With much love Your brother D.H. Lawrence'; postscript sends love to various family members.
Date: The letter is simply dated 'Monday'; date provided is from James T. Boulton, ed. 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979) vol I, p 316; note that this publication implies that the letter is accompanied by an envelope postmarked Croydon Oct. 16 [19]11[which is not present - Missing?]. |