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Letter from Gertrude Bell to her stepmother, Dame Florence Bell

Summary
Short letter in which Bell notes that she has written at length to her Father, and that she has attended a tea party with the King and will shortly be leaving for a lecture by Leonard Woolley. She sends a request for shoes, specifically several pairs of mules from Galeries Lafayette on Regent Street in London, and adds that she has included a drawing for reference.
Reference code
GB/1/1/1/1/33/5
Recipient
Bell, Dame Florence Eveleen Eleanore
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Person(s) mentioned
Hussein, Feisal bin al-
Woolley, Leonard
Creation Date
Extent and medium
1 letter plus envelope
Language
English
Location
Iraq » Baghdad

33.315241, 44.3660671

Baghdad March 18 Darling Mother. I've got all your letters. The last being March 5 and perfectly delightful all of them. I'm so very very sorry about Ivor's wife, poor thing.
I love your bookplate and your account of the femmes damnées and Epstein and all. Yes, and the cinema and the Lyons lecture - Lord! how funny. Not that it was funny at the time.

I've written at immense length to Father and I've just come in from a very successful tea party with the King and now I must dress for Mr Woolley's lecture.

But not before I've asked you to send me out some mules (not for riding, for wearing on the feet.) You get them at the Galerie Lafayette in Regent St, I've bought them there but I haven't an account. Black and gold, red and gold and blue and gold brocade are what I should like, one pair of each. [Space left blank] inches long. - no, here's a drawing. Your very affectionate daughter Gertrude

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