Pièce 154 - Letter from Nicky Mariano to Elizabeth Trevelyan

I Tatti, Settignano, Florence. - B.B. apologises for not replying himself, but he is not totally recovered from illness before Christmas. He was very glad to have news of Bessie and her family; Trevy would have enjoyed seeing their grandson Philip grow up. Days between the wars when Trevy used to visit seem quiet and idyllic compared to the demands on their time now. She and B.B still manage to read together a good deal: they have just finished Alan Moorehead's "Gallipolli" and now are engrossed in Harold Acton's "Bourbons of Naples".