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Beaton/A/A1/387/25
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- 23 Nov. (No year given.) (Creation)
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10p paper
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Three letters from Beaton have just arrived with the first batch of cheques and bills from Miss Cleghorn. Is now awaiting the next batch. Cannot understand why the press cuttings she sent to Beaton are so long in arriving. Is sorry about the slip-up but checked with Clarissa first. Hopes to take Beaton's mother to see a play. Has made an appointment with a doctor for her. Another batch of press cuttings has just come in; will send them along with the manuscript he asked for. Will also send the Anna Karenina pictures off as soon as they arrive. Discusses the new Korda play, which is supposedly "THE picture this year". Asks Beaton what to do about Miss Collins. The weather has been lovely today, but last week it was snowing and the building "oozed water". The climate is "extraordinary and exhausting". Oggie has had a bad flight and her diabetes is dangerously bad. She has to stay in bed for a few days but isn't resting enough. Asks Beaton to tell Miss Cleghorn her second batch of cheques have just arrived. Discusses Beaton's finances. Asks Beaton if he has seen the royal wedding pictures.