Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1938

Griff relates to Ida some controversy with "the Baron" who needed to pass on a message to her but didn't want to do so himself, which has "left no doubt in my mind that he is no longer eager to write to pretty young ladies." He admits to his character being "as Artful as a Cart Load of Monkeys" but he won't say no to having the excuse to write to her himself to pass the message.
He hopes she will meet him for a walk. If she can't then he will take himself to the cricket. However access to the cricket is access to the club bar and it's best for him to stay away from such things if his reputation at choir practice the next day is to be upheld. So maybe she shouldn't tell him if she can't meet him so that by the time he realises she's not coming, it's too late to go to cricket. "So you see the temptations that surround a deceitful, cowardly, city-dweller like myself."

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

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