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"Dear Mrs Moore, About the tale of the [?] copied from my exercise book. If they were dated June 1902, they were certainly written then. It was my mother[sic] habit to write her serial chapters at the last possible moment. The chapter mentioned may possibly have been for the sequol[sic] to the Five Children and It or "Psammead"..."

Scope and Contents "Dear Mrs Moore, My sister has handed your letter to me since I always nursed my mother through her illnesses until I married. I remember the cancer scare very well. She had [hers?] in bed and in much pain for some days with lumbago - The Saturday morning the doctor came to see her about a new pain - he told her that she had cancer of the stomach, that she must have an operation at once and must go to town on the Monday to see a specialist about it. He also, idiotically, added that her...

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"Dear Mrs Moore, I had your letter. I didn't realize that it was so long ago! My life is very full of young cousins - also my house. They will probably be here during the whole of April, so I fear I shall not be able to take the German girl. Thank you for writing to me about her..."

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"Dear Madam, Thank you for your letter. Naturally I am very much interested to know that you are to write a biography of my mother "E. Nesbit." As I have to work for a living, I fear I cannot come to see you, but I shall be very glad if you can come to see me either at Paddinton Street or at [Gordus?] Green..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore, I'm sorry I couldn't answer by [?] of post, I, too, am working 15 hours a day! Mother's attitude towards the Pope was that was was nothing to her with the church - may be inevitable, but in any case the church should have protested, specially against the invasion of Belgium - and the Church should have taken no part at all, if it could not stop it..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore, I have read the book, I think it very good on the whole - whether it will be of so much interest to outsiders as it was to me is difficult to say - I think you have managed the unfortunate incidents and dates with much tact!..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore, I am sorry to see by your letter that you are still in the nursing home. I hope it doesn't mean that you are not making a good recovery. Of course you understand that I don't really mind if you take no [?] notice of my corrections. I don't think they are really at all important - except that I do think you have made her too stupid about household things..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore, Paul has sent on your letter to him because he is vague about Marie Corelli. I think you have been led astray there. As far as I know, Mother never new[sic] Marie Corelli - she may have met her at dinner [?] but nothing else..."

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"Dear Mrs Langley Moore - Many thanks for the list of [pieces?] - I am such a pausper than I am strongly tempted to try to sell the GBS letter - I have notes from Henley and Kipling also - perhaps I'll sell them first, but they won't fetch much of a price..."

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"Dear Mrs Langley Moore, Many thanks for the list of pieces - I am such a pauper that I am strongly tempted to try to sell the GBS letter - I have notes from Kipling and Henley also - perhaps I'll sell them first, but they won't fetch much of a price..."