E., Alie to Julia Briggs, undated

"Dear Julia (if I may-) Thank you so much for your letter. Later - after interruption by yowling brats - It is my mother in law! She will be absolutely fascinated to hear about your book on E Nesbit and I'm sure she'd love to talk to you about it all. And as for Cousin Mavis: you will have extreme difficulty in stopping her talking to you. Certainly the pair of them had an interesting correspondence and I believe one of the books..."