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Letter from Gertrude Bell to her stepmother, Dame Florence Bell

Summary
Brief letter written from Redcar, England, in which Bell discusses her recent activities, noting that she has spent most of the afternoon "visiting".
Reference code
GB/1/1/1/1/7/21
Recipient
Bell, Dame Florence Eveleen Eleanore
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Person(s) mentioned
Robins, Elizabeth [Lisa]
Creation Date
Extent and medium
1 letter with envelope, paper
Language
English
Location
Coordinates

54.5974636, -1.0779515

Friday 12 Red Barns Coatham, Redcar. Dearest Mother. I did a great deal of visiting this afternoon - Group 8 is in an extraordinary part of the world which is alluded to by those from whom you ask the way as "the other Marsh" - where the first Marsh is I don't know. I finished Group 8. Then I conversed Kirby; we discussed the Tract and he was most enthusiastic about it; I also suggested to him that you should be At Home once a month and he thought it would be a very good plan. I travelled down with Mr Foster who said that he had seen you in Middlesbrough the other day and that he could only describe you by saying Sie verjüngt sich! By the bye MaBell confided to Lisa that she felt quite anxious about Elsa because she thought we were all so beautiful and so clever that we couldn't all go on living. Elsa won't mind being the Opfer to the jealous gods, I hope! Ever your affectionate daughter Gertrude

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