Thank you so much for the tie--it is pretty and I do wear ties
sometimes, so I sha'n't let the boys have it.
You must think me rather ungrateful not writing before, but I have been
out the last two evenings and have had no time for letters. Yesterday
Mother and I went to Birmingham as I had my half-term holiday.
I hope you managed to get some tea after writing to me, otherwise I
shall feel so grieved to think I was the cause of your starvation. By
the way, I read your latest poem and I don't like it--not that that will
trouble you much I'm sure. The idea isn't at all bad, but that's all I
like about it.
I haven't a bit of news, and I have just found out it is too late to
catch the post to-night, so you will have to wait a little longer for
this precious letter--it will be precious, won't it?
Charlie has just come home from his class, so I must bring his food for
him. Daddy's lumbago is better, I'm glad to say.