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4 THORNSETT ROAD ANERLEY SE 20
9. xii. 20
Dear Mrs. Buchan
This little book for your daughter has been pining to come these many days; & "Living Alone" is being a delight for the days' last quiet hour - in bed Just lately this has been my only quiet hour - otherwise this letter would have come sooner. It brings all my thanks for the rarest
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be deceptive.
The bits of rhyme have not been yet ennobled by print, & probably never will be; they are just a grateful whisper to Alice. Thank you ever so much for so kind an invitation. We immensely enjoyed that afternoon.
Yours very sincerely
Walter de la Mare
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kind of writing that there could hardly be too much of.
Do please tell me if "Island of Sheep" has been posted yet. It has not reached me - can the postman have borrowed it en route? I shouldn't have guessed that he is quite such an intelligent creature: but appearances may
