5th April 1939

5th April 1939

Sarvar to 27 Queen Square, Bath

Dear Madeleine!

Thank you very much for your letter. It is frightfully kind of you to invite me for such a long stay with you. I would love to see you again. I can’t promise when and for how long I am coming, as I have not yet got any answers from Mother Burnett and I don’t know what she has fixed up for me. I wish she would answer and say yes or no, it is so boring not to know what’s happening. I hope Mother Burnett is sending a nice girl out soon. If she is not able to find anybody, Mami wants to look for a French or Belgian girl, to improve our French. I have hardly any opportunity to speak French except with Deidi’s husband. Mami is just packing as she is going to Cannes tomorrow. It is a very long journey, 36 hours from here to Cannes. I wish I could go there and see Deidi again. I’m afraid she is only coming in November here. As you see, I am back in Sarvar. I am enjoying myself. The garden is wonderful. All the flowers, especially the roses, are in full bloom. We are eating heaps of cherries and strawberry’s. It is very agreeable to have a big garden with heaps of fruits and flowers and a tennis court. I personally don’t like tennis very much, besides I am a very bad player. I enjoy much more riding every morning. This year I have got a very nice horse, dark brown and very tall. It has got very agreeable movements and can go faster than any of the others. I am glad we got nice weather at last. The whole May was rainy and cold. I have taken up drawing and water sketching, but until now haven’t made any nice picture. I am embroidering and knitting and playing the gramophone. My favourite record for the moment is “Goodnight, Angel” and “There’s A New Moon Over The Old Mill”. Yesterday we saw Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power in a film. The story was very stupid but Henie’s skating wonderful. Next week we are going to see “The Prisoner Of Zenda”. Films come out here very late, but if they come at all, I am enjoying them just as much. The last English film I saw in Munich was “The Drum” which I enjoyed very much. The “shots” were very beautiful and the story as exciting as the “Bengal Lancers”. Forgive for not writing sooner, but I wanted to tell you something definite about my English plans. Why doesn’t Mother Burnett write, I wonder? Fondest love and many thanks for your kind invitation.

Loll