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      <p>Letter to Ruth Mallory written from France<lb/><lb/>Was staying with Trafford on his was back from Paris. He had completed his purchases of books and was on the way to the library when he went back to look at a picture in a shop he had seen the day before. The artist arrived while he was still in the shop. He was a young man injured in the leg during the war and he arranged to go and visit his studio. Describes the painting and whether they should buy it. Asked the artist to paint Clare if were to come to England.</p>
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      <persname role="subject">Mallory [née Turner], Ruth (1892-1942), wife of mountaineer George Mallory</persname>
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      <persname role="subject">Turner, Marjorie May (1889-1972), sister of Ruth Mallory</persname>
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