Item 4 - Typescript letter signed to Beaton, from London

Thanks Beaton for the Christmas present, which she gave herself from Beaton. Has bought Beaton a present from Brussels. Was excited to hear that his exhibition was a success. Mentions various cheques that she needs Beaton to get. Is sending Beaton's Christmas cards and press cuttings. Has paid various bills for Beaton and encloses an itemised list. Asks permission to sue Mrs Vera Bryce if necessary, as she is refusing to pay her bill. Has received an abusive letter from Mr Frederick Cox asking for money for work done at Ashcombe over a year ago. Thought everything had been paid to him and will have to look at the matter carefully. Mrs Simpson has died out as a topic of conversation. The telephone rang all day when she was first mentioned in the papers. One editor said that if Joseph would let him have a photograph of Simpson, she could name her own price and he would always swear they had not come from her. Joseph refused, saying there would have been nowhere else he could have gotten them from. Heard that Lady Margaret Drummond-Hay took some people over to Ashcombe at Christmas and found the house locked up as the Nobles had gone away. She then broke in through the upstairs bathroom window and took them all over the house. Would like to know how they got out.