Item 37 - Letter from Sophie Weisse to Elizabeth Trevelyan

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Northlands, Englefield Green, Surrey. - Hopes Donald [Tovey] has let Bessie know he wants to come in the middle of next week; he is in London at the moment. There will be rooms kept ready for him and Bobbie [Trevelyan] in case it is more convenient for Bessie for them to be there. Hopes that the 'Opera will be achieved' ["The Bride of Dionysus"]: they need 'a new beautiful thing so much' and it 'will be good for Donald to get a steady pull of work at it and forget other things'. Hopes Bessie is now well and the baby [Julian Trevelyan] is getting stronger; a child who was almost despaired of at till the end of January is now 'an enormous strong creature'. They enjoyed having Professor and Mrs Röntgen at Northlands very much; they are 'glorious' musicians. Her own plans for the holiday vague, but she will keep Bessie informed; asks her to make Donald walk as it would be 'a real calamity if he got still heavier'.