THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

April 9th [1898]

My dear Randolph

Ralph may see you next week in the New Forest¹ as he means to join Margaret² at Salisbury on Easter Monday & bicycle through the Forest with her.  He starts his holiday on Wednesday by going to Cheltenham.  I am going to be less adventurous & am going to Brighton. I hope we may have you here again – if you did not find it too horribly uncomfortable – you shall always be as erratic as you like.  We miss you very much.  We went to the Davi³ the other evening on Theodore’s invitation – the 3 brothers had been entertaining the Malcolm Macnaughtons at dinner.  I saw Charles for the first time – a great event – I think he is most interesting – do you know that his boots mildew? – he attributes it to the Westminster climate. Theodore looked most astonishingly happy.
I have not seen your sister but I did not expect to – but it would have been a pleasure.
Your affectionate

Adeline Vaughan Williams

1. On Vaughan Williams’s trip to the New Forest see VWL263.
2. Vaughan Williams’s sister.
3. i.e. the Llewellyn Davies brothers – plural of the Latin ‘Davus’.