THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Wednesday [?28 March 1949]

Dearest Ann

I have wanted to tell you how we enjoyed that Sunday afternoon visit from South Hawke.  It was lovely to see Frances & I have had a dear letter from her since then – When you do write again tell me something about Michael?  I must call him that as I didn’t grasp any other name – We liked him so much – R must be in better trim for April 8th²– It is a case of up & down with him – a dry cough that won’t go – No wonder with fog & east wind persisting as it does.
The daffodils were a delight & of course the eggs made wonderful breakfasts & suppers.  Ranmore is white with sweet violets – that is how it is reported to me!  I have had bunches given to me –
I want very much to know how the feet are doing and I long to hear that you can rest a little more now –
Love from us
Yrs AMWV

1. Frances Wilson, Ann Boult’s daughter, had become engaged to Michael Powers.
2. Adrian Boult’s 60th birthday, when VW was to be the Chief Guest at a dinner given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Boult at the Savoy Hotel (see Nigel Simeone and Simon Mundy, Sir Adrian Boult: Companion of Honour, Midas Books, 1980, p. 37)