| Content Description | Describes his trip to Malta [with Frieda Lawrence] and the intolerable heat; plans to stay in Sicily for June; enquires about her travelling arrangements and invites her to visit Taormina; mentions that Frieda intends to visit Germany in the Autumn, adding that he would rather not travel so far, hoping that they can meet Frieda's mother [Baroness Anna von Richthofen] on Lake Maggiore and that he will have the opportunity to see Venice; intends to work during the Summer to 'earn some money'; had feared that Clifford Bax might visit him.
Concludes the letter at the top of the recto by discussing the cost of living in Italy; enquires about her children [Bridget Baynes, Chloë Baynes and Jennifer Nan Baynes]; signed 'D.H.L.'; the annotations '1920' and 'Letter 8' have been added in pencil at the top of the recto (possibly by Rosalind Baynes at a later date). |