Item 238 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Caroline Trevelyan

Thanks his mother for her letter. Is still well and enjoying Eastbourne. Georgie 'did not look so well this morning', but Robert thinks it is only a cold; hopes he will be all right before he returns to school. Asks her to tell Georgie that Robert will 'send the list of the dead in our last battle [of toy soldiers] soon', and that he has 'taken 65 prisoners'.

Still likes Lucan, though has 'not had much time to read it'. Asks if she could bring him a Roman history, if she can find 'one in the house which is not too big or too valuable': he 'wanted to find out something about Nero', but it does not matter much. Booa [Mary Prestwich] asks her to bring Robert's watch and some more writing paper. He and Georgie had two battles, in which Georgie was 'very interested'; they 'even bought a few soldiers'.

Hopes his father is well, and that he 'has made a successful speech'.