| Content Description | Reports that he feels 'wretched' and has returned to work; has decided not to read or write until January and plans to comfort himself by painting instead; enquires whether she intends to holiday with him in Brighton; wants to find a school in the country and jokes about replacing her at 'Gadsby' and taking her as his assistant; recalls taking her wreath with Ada [Lawrence] down to the cemetery; has done no translation today; is constantly reminded of his mother [Lydia Lawrence] and comments that life sometimes 'ceases to carry us forward' and 'we have to struggle like water-beetles stranded and toiling in mud'; asks her to ignore his 'effulgence'; is conscious of her absence and wishes that he may 'light himself' at her 'abundant life'; believes that it would be better if he did not write at present; asks whether she approves of his translations; signed 'D.H.L.'
There are two geometric drawings in pencil at the top of the verso, above the written text. |