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Dearest thingummy girl,<\/p>\n
Received your last two letters all in good time this morning-after I had taken my two bags down to the luggage department at Liverpool Street station. I was wandering about the city end-and while passing the great St Paul\u2019s Cathedral, I settled into your letters. I\u2019ll have you know they bucked me up considerably-it is quite remarkable how firm I felt about them all. There was not a trace of softness in my make up-my very being hardened when I contemplated the situation that confronts me on my return. You can rest assured that I will handle the matter ruthlessly and expediently. After the first encounter with the problem, I hope to negotiate it with equal firmness, but perhaps, with more subtlety and grace. I hope you will find my attitude to it all, meets with your approval, and that we can continue the negotiations together-towards a successful conclusion-although I do not think we should show any willingness to finalise the issue for some considerable time. Indeed I rather fancy the idea of greatly prolonged negotiations-gives us a chance to play the one against the other. Taken all in all, I am very much in favour of firmness, combined with fluidity.<\/p>\n
I thank you for the information on how my advances are likely to be received.<\/p>\n
Have been to a few shops to find Partos bras and there is not a great deal about-style 283 is finished in any case-nevertheless bought the only three styles they had-cheap enough 16\/-, 12\/, 11\/3 or something like that.<\/p>\n
Later about 4 p.m. Am back at Consol Press office to go out and have a drink with McNulty. Spent some time at a Royal Academy exhibition of 800 English portraits from early times till now. Went back to Hotel to get odds and ends and find I am too late to have another look at the National Gallery. Anyway I too tired to worry about seeing more godamm pictures. In another three hours I\u2019ll be on my way home-and very happy about it-really want to see you both and have a rest for a few days. I hope you get this letter on Saturday instead of Friday afternoon. I want to keep you hot and strong for my homecoming. God bless you and Graham and Trellie.<\/p>\n
Your very loving and homecoming husband and father<\/p>\n
Bill<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Am back at Consol Press office to go out and have a drink with McNulty. Spent some time at a Royal Academy exhibition of 800 English portraits from early times till now. Went back to Hotel to get odds and ends and find I am too late to have another look at the National Gallery. Anyway I too tired to worry about seeing more godamm pictures. In another three hours I\u2019ll be on my way home-and very happy about it-really want to see you both and have a rest for a few days. I hope you get this letter on Saturday instead of Friday afternoon. I want to keep you hot and strong for my homecoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[280,1997],"tags":[1028,1440,1725,1719,1723,495,1720,1724,1504,1721,1726,1718,1722],"class_list":["post-3121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1956-cultural-exchange-trip-to-romania","category-london","tag-clarence-sydney-mcnulty","tag-clarrie-mcnulty","tag-consolidated-press-office","tag-gladwynn","tag-liverpool-street-station","tag-london","tag-noel-monks","tag-partos-bras-style-283","tag-picasso","tag-press-club","tag-royal-academy-exhibition","tag-royal-camden-portrait-exhibition","tag-soho"],"yoast_head":"\n