Item 211 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Caroline Trevelyan

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The Shiffolds. - Thanks his mother for the presents: the tie and 'very nice edition of the Sonnets', which 'will be a good excuse for reading them again'. But she has got the date of his birthday wrong: he is not 42 until the 28th; as he 'never remembers the date of anyone's birthday' himself, he is not surprised. He and Bessie have just been having the 'panetti di passe' which she kindly sent them; they are very good, 'not quite the same as we used to have at Ravello, but just as good'. The Abercrombies, who are staying till Monday, liked them very much. They are 'very pleasant guests, and the company of the children is good for Julian'.

Is going to London on Friday for Charles's 'Greenwich party'. He and Bessie 'entertained 7 of the tramps last Sunday at lunch'; [the Vaughan Williamses at] 'Leith Hill Place gave lunch to Haldane and several elders'. Haldane 'walked very bravely, though deliberately'. Robert and [Lascelles] Abercrombie walked to Dorking to meet them, then they all walked 'about seven miles to Leith Hill'; the Tramps then went to Gomshall [to catch the train], 'about five more miles. It was enough for a hot thundery day'. Sends love to his father.