THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[April 14th 1933]

Dear Vally

I heard just now from Mrs O’Neill¹ that Gustav was not so well.² So I rung up Ealing – he is better again & D^r Jones does not think he is in danger.  There was a haemorrhage but it has now stopped and he is comfortable.  The haemorrhage came on early this morning and he was taken to a nursing home in Ealing.  Isabel³ has come up & is now stopping with Miss Jones.
So I think all is going well & they are ringing me up tomorrow morning.
I promised to let you know as they cannot get you on the phone.
Yrs

RVW

1. Adine O’Neill.
2. Gustav Holst was suffering from a duodenal ulcer – see Michael Short, Gustav Holst, the man and his music, p.318.
3. Isobel Holst