Item 187 - Letter from Clara Tovey to Elizabeth Trevelyan

39 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, 7. - Knows that Bessie will be glad to hear that Donald got through the winter very well; the mild weather was a great help. The Toveys had meant to leave Edinburgh yesterday, but Rugby broke up early due to illness and John came back with influenza (though not measles) so their departure has ben delayed; they hope to get away early next week. They are going to Barcelona, where Donald is playing on April 11; thinks they will go to Sussex in May as Donald is very interested in the new opera house at Glyndebourne. He is also playing at Belfast and Oxford, and his doctor wants him to take the waters somewhere as he is getting too heavy, which is bad for his heart. Tells Bessie not to send them 'any valuable manuscripts' at the moment; she will write when they are settled somewhere, or perhaps see each other when the Toveys are in Sussex. Bob will be glad that Mr [Hubert] Foss has been for nearly a week and has left with 'all the Essays ready to go into page proof' [Tovey's "Essays in Musical Analysis": she hopes they will be published in the autumn.