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awful, an absolute dragon & never stops talking for a moment. I hear she is of the opinion & school of thought that the German nation should be eliminated after the war. Her intelligent doctrine is very much the sort of unhelpful nonsense you would infer from such a woman. Much as I loathe & detest the Germans, I think she & her kind are much more likely to be the ones to be helped out. Commander [ ?] Warburton called in several times & was in great form. He is now passing through another - completely harmless - affair with an English girl of about 20, his son, who flies a bomber, is now in the W.E. War - got a bar to his 2 F.C. Uncle, who is unshaven & stocky built & has a lovely hooked nose, & weather beaten face - had been to a fancy dress dance the week before - dressed as a Jewish girl from a kibutz - very short bright blue bloomers, a shawl, coloured wig, & a most [ ?] bosom. I was told he was a scream, but that the supper was rather [ ?]. The enclosed snaps taken early last summer show you what they look like. Sheilah, now 2 [1/2 ?] years is a very sweet child & I like her, but Lisa was so much sweeter at that age, & had altogether more character & was so much prettier, & so much more of a little person by herself.
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Nina is frightfully sweet & kind, certainly more intelligent & interesting & sincere than most people are, but she really kills me sometimes, she says such odd things, & also such [bold statements ?] [ ? ?] [spoken ?] with such a wise & knowing look I sometimes feel I am supposed to grasp her hand & say "I, Nina, I do agree, I do" - but I can only provide a rather wan smile. [ ? ? ?] She is greatly thrilled because she has now a girl who was also trained at the Royal College [ ?] Were you trained at the Slade darling? She is pretty coy about how you & she & she will agree to differ if ever you meet - but admits that her career is now over. I gave her a rather good illustrated edition of Michaelangelo - I forgot to remember the publisher, but it was a big book with a grey cover. I'm afraid it will be wasted on her, but she was very pleased with it. I nearly bought her that fat edition of Van Gofh - but thought tat would be completely wasted, & in any case, it cost too much. She gave me a very [ ? ?] wood cigarette box - they make these out of things beautifully out here. I also enclose an old head scarf which I thought was too goofy to send you at the time. Perhaps, you gave given me confidence with those three yds
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sent me darling! Though really, two of them are quite good, were it not for the cheap camera & being badly over exposed. The other one, I must admit, is pretty dotty, but it does not matter, sweetest, I know that you are gorgeous & pretty & lovely, dotty snaps only appear because you have a much more expressive face than other people & cannot always be caught in a position of serene beauty. I think, darling, that you & Maxie must have a really good photograph taken together. Not a 5/6 one at Madame Yvonne - but one costing several guineas. Will you please do this for me darling. I want you to. I am so sorry now that we had that cheap one taken - they are so flat & if I look at it from above or below it comes out of focus. Your mouth looks quite wrong & it does not show your eyes at all. You must please do it, darling. I have so much more to tell you & to answer, but I must stop this post, it was the morning as my short one went off last Tuesday. But I shall carry on tomorrow - & at greater leisure. On New Years Eve, we are having goose & plum pudding in the Mess. Please give a big kiss to Maxie from his daddy - & all my dearest love & kisses to you, my sweetest heart. XXX Harry
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BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION PASSED BY CENSOR NO. 2464 Mrs. H. Massey Norton House Park Lane Beaconsfield Bucks
