Letter from Edward Thomas to his wife, Helen Thomas. Archival reference: 424/1/1/1/1/116
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writing except one or two notes. It is painful, but I fear inevitable. No news from Speaker or Literature. but I had a nice letter from Perris. He seems in a bad way: anyhow he is not on the new Speaker.
Your Mondays' letter was good to have, as good as you expected it would be. It is so comforting to know you are

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15.10.99
My dear friend,
I had a very pleasant long walk this afternoon from 12 to 5 with Morgan. That is how I am consequently feeling so well that your fears may die away.
Morgan, you see was very good company, and we kept

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things going very well the whole time. We talked about the position of women relative to men. This we agreed, and I expressed an admiration for what I considered some of the characteristics essential to women, he thought them eternally inferior, even as the (illegible) part they

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play in sexual intercourse seems baser and cruder than men (so he said): all the same there was an extraordinary amount of truth in what he said, so much so that I was convinced he was right tho I could not not possibly change my opinion.
So far I have still been unable to do any
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I must bid adiieu, my own sweet little one-
Goodbye. I am ever & wholly yours,
Edwy

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thoroughly well & likely to be well in the trying future. But pray write again before Friday if you can, & send the mantel cloth.
I have just had dinner which starts at 7.30 and the (illegible) at 8 so I am too pressed for time to be able to collect
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I must bid adieu, my own sweet little one-
Goodbye. I am ever & wholly yours,
Edwy

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thoroughly well & likely to be well in the trying future. But pray write again before Friday if you can, & send the mantel cloth.
I have just had dinner which ends at 7.30 and the party is at 8 so I am too pressed for time to be able to collect