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Correspondence from Betty May to David Garnett*
5 Skree Court Bligh Way, Strood, Kent.
April 28th 1977
Dear David
Such trouble I am in. Sometime back I was told by the Warden to stop using oil so I bought a [illegible] electric heater.
My bill which has just arrived is £14.63. This is utterly impossible to pay this enormous sum.
I wonder if you would help me. I shall have to give it up. I likely cannot afford to pay such a large sum.
So if instead you were sending me a Xmas present. Things are terribly expensive here.
Oh David I am terribly sorry to ask you, but I don't know which way to turn.
You are the very last person I should come to for help, because you have been so very kind to me all these years. Forgive my dreadful writing I am terribly worried.
My Love
Betty May
* David Garnett (1892–1981) was an author and wrote eleven novels as well as his autobiography; he edited the letters of T.E. Lawrence and the novels of Thomas Love Peacock. He and Francis Birrell started a bookshop; he helped found the Nonesuch Press and the publishing firm of Rupert Hart-Davis.
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