Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1939

Griff writes to Ida bemoaning the weather and his longing for six o'clock (probably when they will meet).
He remembers a girl a few years ago that caused him to be "nearly swept into a fascination that surprises me to think about now." He has recently confessed his love for Ida but "a few days ago I had never said 'I love you' to anyone - except in youthful jest - and in obviously jesting way! Now there is no jest. You are everything to me. If it is a daily and nightly obsession, filling the mind to the uttermost and then it it is love also. I can't imagine true love without a fusion of the mind as well as body, and there I am content in that thought, though aware of imperfections in myself." He signs off, "I pay homage to your sweetness and beauty. I love you."

Ref: CARROLL/IGC/3 GG
With thanks to the Ida Carroll Trust
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.