c/o Mrs Berenson, I Tatti, Settignano, Florence [headed notepaper]. - Thanks his mother for her letter. Is 'living in a little villa a few hundred yards above the Berensons'; the weather is 'now perfect' after a few stormy weeks. The 'cuckoo is singing',… read more
c/o Mrs Berenson, I Tatti, Settignano, Florence [headed notepaper]. - Thanks his mother for her letter. Is 'living in a little villa a few hundred yards above the Berensons'; the weather is 'now perfect' after a few stormy weeks. The 'cuckoo is singing', and he heard a nightingale for the first time today. Has 'never been in Italy so late in the Spring' and finds it 'very delightful'.
Bessie and Julian seem to be having a 'very enjoyable time' in the Netherlands, with Julian making 'great friends with his younger cousins, one of whom is interested in architecture, 'Julian's chief interest just now'. Is going now into Florence for the day, to 'lunch with Loese[r], who has a villa near San Miniato, and a lot [of] beautiful things in his house'. Will 'look in on the Uffizi on the way', though it will be 'crammed with people' since it is its 'free day'.
Maynard Keynes will come here for a few days on his way home from Rome, as well as Logan Pearsall Smith (brother of Mrs Berenson) on the way back from Palestine. Everyone seems to be 'travelling about just as much, and even further than ever', so he feels 'almost a stay-at-home here'. Will spend a few days at Paris on his way home, as he has several friends there whom he would like to see.
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