THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

May 11th 1951

My Dear Dorothy¹

This is to welcome you to England – Not a very gay welcome on my part. My wife died yesterday – she was wanting so much to meet you – and now it will not be. All the same I sh^d like it so much if you could find time to come down here for an afternoon – I am wanting so much to see you in real life.
Love from

Uncle Ralph

1. Dorothy Wallis was a young Australian admirer who had sent the VWs many food parcels during the war.