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Why surely, I'd be glad to do it; for you, for
I got your letter only today, and just at a first flash I put down some lines
that seemed like the memory of Mrs Brodstone that came up in my mind. An
inscription really has to be a little The Brodstone Memorial Hospital, Given to the City of
(What I mean, Mary, is that this formal part would be
arranged by Evelyn, or her secretary, or the Board, wouldn't it? And you
want me to come in with a personal note, just after. Am I right?)_______ ______
Brodstone, who was born in (had
a
Well, the lines that flash into my mind as being really like Mrs. Brodstone,
as I knew her, are something like this that follows: In later life she travelled far,
The second
paragraph, "In later life etc" seems to hint at the later years of her life,
which were so different from the earlier part of it, and which never changed
her in the least, except to make her sounder and more seasoned than ever.
But that paragraph might well be omitted. Of course Mrs. Brodstone was lots
of things not mentioned ar arts which
and found
much to interest her in distant lands but her heart was
here, and all her journeys brought her home.about above; she
was, even when I first knew her, so eminently 'sound and seasoned';
Now maybe some special sort of inscription is wanted, laying stress on
certain things. If so, you'll have to give me the requisite information, and
I'll do the best I can. I do
Bless you for the word you say about seeing