Box 1

"Basket and I are happily vacationing among house and garden...."

"Weeks and weeks ago I was going to write- and told you that your winter [?] was being taken to you by friends of Natalie Barney...."

"Often I talk of you and think of you always but haven't told you so because my days are passed..."

"First there was your nice one and a half long letter and there was a half one and then just two days ago Max White unexpectedly returned with all kinds of news of you so you do not seem quite so far away..."

"No I have not disappeared off the face of the earth but the sweet poodle is..."

"So pleased to be about to see you again and soon...."

[mostly illegible due to the blurring of the ink]

"Your charming letters deserves more than this dull [?] after a long silence but the quiet days of a months vacation here and the long tedious months in Paris are responsible...."

"There have been so many reasons why over these long months I wanted to write to you but when yesterday I had a few lines from Freddie (officially Paul) there was nothing but put everything aside and tell you I think of you always...."

"Thanks for your letter though I can't say I care for its news. It is so beastly to be harried - especially when one is young...."