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Beaton/A/A1/430/25
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- 10 Mar. -26 Mar. (No year given.) (Creation)
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4p paper
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Beaton's letter from the Frontier has arrived. Beaton's letters put him to shame as he is so indolent. Has spent the morning trying to start his book about the Tower of London. Discusses his friends. Emerald is "better value" than anyone in the world. Is about to set off for Glebe Place where it will be "gin-time". Went to one of Cyril's Thursdays where the furniture was "overpowering". Mamma has been very ill with pneumonia. Wishes Beaton was here. Resumes the letter after visiting Scotland and his godchild, who "looked sometimes like Henry VIII and sometimes like the poet Cowper and once like Chateaubriand". He also visited Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Dined with Fry last night, who was "preposterously amiable". Inverness is also an intoxicating town, "pale and mellow and infinitely comforting". Feels that after the war he will travel forever and never stop. Sends all his "thoughts and affection" with this letter.