THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.

Wednesday [about 24th July 1957]

My Dear

I can’t write love letters – but you know its there
(Here is a line for you to read between)
I slept well – though Betty¹ is right in saying that I feel lost without you.  But I managed my safety razor all right & made tea for the young people.
All said it was a fine performance last night – But I am glad I did my work.²
Take great care of yourself my dear – Come back when you can
Give my love to your mother.³
All love

Here are a few dull letters

1. Elizabeth Maconchy.
2. The first night of Arthur Benjamin’s A Tale of Two Cities. “I’m glad I did my work” relates to that – there was a photo of VW and Benjamin at Sadler’s Wells a few days earlier, suggesting that VW was involved in rehearsals beforehand.
3. UVW was with her mother following the death of her father, Major-General Sir Robert Lock.