Item 228 - Letter from Mary Caroline Trevelyan to R. C. Trevelyan

Fallowfield Rectory, Manchester 14. - Very sorry to hear of Bob's accident: Aunt Annie [Philips] says he has not broken a leg, as reported, but he will still find a stay in hospital 'a severe trial' since he is so rarely ill; expects he will manage as he is 'a true philosopher'. She herself is a 'grass widow': John has gone to work on a farm near Appleby, feeling 'he could not go on living comfortably when so many of his contemporaries are having to give up their homes and careers'; he is working 'frightfully hard' but is well looked-after; the local vicar is also a good man, and has asked John to help him on Sundays, which she is glad of. John;s new book, "Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century" has been accepted by Cambridge University Press, on Powicke's recommendation, but he is not publishing it yet as he does not have the time for the revisions Powicke thinks necessary. Is staying in Manchester, but will have to move house since the Bishop has insisted on John giving up Fallowfield altogether. Aunt Annie keeps well, though Janet wishes she would go away for part of the winter. Sends love to Bessie.