THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[June 1935]

Dear Bessie

Thank you so much for writing¹ – you at all events know that as M. Balieff of the Chauve-Souris² says “we artis’ arre cheeldren, we laike àpplos – yes”
Yrs

R.V.W.

1.  Congratulating VW on being appointed to the Order of Merit.
2.  Presumably a quotation from the opening of Chauve Souris, a revue running in London, of which Nikita Balieff was the compère.