18 Mansfield Street, Portland Place, W.—Invites him to dinner and suggests doing something at the weekend. The yachting party return, she thinks, on Saturday.
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18 Mansfield Street, Portland Place, W.
I forgot to give you back your watch… read more
18 Mansfield Street, Portland Place, W.—Invites him to dinner and suggests doing something at the weekend. The yachting party return, she thinks, on Saturday.
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18 Mansfield Street, Portland Place, W.
I forgot to give you back your watch when you left. Thank you so much for it, it made a great difference to me, and I expect also to whoever was with me, as it prevented my endless questions about the time.
Are you doing anything Thursday evening {1}, will you dine here?
Anyway let’s do something either Saturday or Sunday if you do decide to throw over Lady Airdale {2}.
The yachting party returns Saturday I believe, lateish {3}.
I’ve just come back, and deplore this tardy heat.
Let me know about Thursday!
Venetia
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{1} 6 June.
{2} The correct spelling is Airedale. The reference is either to Mary, the dowager Lady Airedale, or to Florence, the wife of the 2nd Baron.
{3} The Enchantress arrived at Portsmouth, in fact, on the morning of Monday the 10th.
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