Item 73 - Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, 14 October 1917

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MCPP/GM/3/1/1917/73

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Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, 14 October 1917

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  • 14 October 1917 (Creation)

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Letter to Ruth Mallory written from Magdalen Hospital, Winchester.

Thought there would be some delay so that 28 October wouldn't be their last weekend together. Had been hoping to leave hospital on Tuesday but his foot was still too weak. Had been reading The Loom of Youth which David had sent him. Comments on Sherbourne school and the idea of boarding schools.

Wishes he had been with her as it had been lonely. He had been sitting reading in another ward where the stove burns without smoking and he could see the hills beyond Winchester. Was pleased with reports in the newspapers and thought the Germans couldn't have been feeling very cheerful if they hadn't launched a counter attack. Von Capell's resignation was a good thing and Tripitz had climbed down in his estimation of the prospects of submarines.

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      The Loom of Youth by Alec Waugh (older brother of Evelyn)

      Von Capell - German navy chief
      Alfred von Tripitz - German Grand Admiral

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