Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1939

Griff tells Ida that "my first instinct is always to go crashing up to you wherever you are, but that has to be suppressed, because sometimes it would be rude and at other times would probably invite comment that you might not care about," especially when acquaintances of theirs may see, for "I don't care two straws what anyone says about me, but you know an embarrassing number of people, and so I am sure you deserve a bit of privacy."
He jokes about his jealousy of policemen, "that bobby, masquerading in ordinary clothing, is happily married if that is any deterrent." And reassures her that "my remarks about the Dutch girls go for the Belgium girls as well. Not one in Antwerp or Brussels was prettier than you, or as pretty," and then draws her a map "not to scale" just to be sure.

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

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