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DescriptionErica (Thorp) de Berry to Thorp family, 28 April 2021 (b2427445-b568-46e0-9600-7d0c8b88cbc3).jpg |
English: Manuscript letter Archives Number: 1006/004.006.002-006#019 Lacaune
The shop-keepers have become very friendly, and I think they’re gradually getting used to us, tho’ it will take a long time before they can quite get over the fact that we’ve deprived them of the leading feature of the place— viz. the fashionable “bains.” A source of tepid water runs continually in our basement which is lined with a series of cabines de bain where we bathe the 80 on Sat. P.M.s. It is the greatest satisfaction in the world to be able to get them scrubbed regularly, and they love it! Later we hope to be able to use the large salle de douches, with perhaps daily cold showers when the weather is a little warmer. [page 5] I had a letter from Douglas enclosing a piece of the wing of his conquered foe; you can imagine how thrilled I was! Never have I known anyone so blissfully happy about anything! [crossed out: and just think] He says you have probably seen accounts of my latest exploit, which was a bigger surprise to me than to anyone including the poor Boche pilot, who was fortunate enough to escape alive tho’ badly broiled by his burning machine. I was in the air only 5 minutes altogether, & the fight took place between 200 & 500 metres altitude. It is the first time in the war that evening planes have been brought down almost on the home flying field.” Imagine that! — — He must have got the cut-out letter not long ago, which pleased him hugely. He says, “I think the authors should be decorated with the Order of the Powdered Magazine for it was certainly a corker.” [page 6] A letter from Willard came today, & I imagine he is pretty well in the thick of things, tho’ of course he couldn’t say so. He says “We will have to postpone any spree together for some time I am afraid, for our trip to the billets was interesting but scarcely decisive. For me it lasted just one day — not even long enough to get a re-supply of clothes out of my trunks. That I resent, tho’ the rest of it has been very pleasant. Of course we are back in it, for which we all rejoice, for it is no time to be on the sidelines. But it somewhat cramps one’s writing. I shouldn’t have a chance now but for the fact that it is quarter to three & I am waiting for ^some^ orders. These are long days, but they aren’t half long enough for what there is to do.” etc — Isn’t it all hard to realize — even now — Hugo is still driving his ambulance in Paris, as far as I know, being kept pretty busy by raids, etc. I had another word from Rusty who is deep in the installation of his hospital, but don’t ever expect to see him. It looks now as if I might be here all summer, for there is so much still to do and the various possibilities just beginning — [page 7] You don’t want me to come home till it’s all over, do you dearest Family, for I can’t, you know — It’s hard to explain, but once here and in things any other life seems impossible till it’s all over for every one, and we all can go back again. After the war the children will go back to their homes, for practically all have at least one parent, & the Comité will gradually dissolve. So don’t think I’ll need or want to stay on [crossed out: indefinitely] ^after that^. But now that, atlast[sic.], I feel in things and able to comprehend the problems, I can’t leave. It takes so long to understand and learn how to act wisely and effectively. I’ll let you know in plenty of time about money Papa. At present, my expenses are practically nil. Think of it’s soon being greening[?] time again! I can’t believe that a year has gone by since those days of decision after P.[for Pine?] [??] last May. And yet it seems as if there had never been another life — or rather as if life never had had any settledness & sameness. We have a dear old resident abbé now, who gives Mass every day in our little chapel & is going to take charge of the work in the vegetable gardens. He is such a peaceful element in our rather chaotic midst, & such a joy for the Sisters. Next time I’ll tell you about some of our many &varied “ennuies” which have really been so funny!
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English: Erica (Thorp) de Berry (1890-1943) |
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Contacts InfoField | English: Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov |
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NPS Unit Code InfoField | LONG | |||
NPS Museum Number Catalog InfoField | LONG 27930 | |||
Recipient InfoField | English: Thorp family |
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Depicted Place InfoField | English: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
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Accession Number InfoField | b2427445-b568-46e0-9600-7d0c8b88cbc3 | |||
Publisher InfoField | English: U. S. National Park Service |
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Author | Erica (Thorp) de Berry |
Credit/Provider | Courtesy of National Park Service, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site |
Source | Manuscript letter in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Family Papers (LONG 27930), Series IV. Anne Allegra Longfellow Family, Sub-series F. Erica Thorp de Berry, Section 2. Correspondence, Outgoing, 1918. (1006/004.006.002-006) |
Headline | Erica (Thorp) de Berry to Thorp family, 28 April 2021 |
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