BRUSSELS, August 21, 1914.
[DEAREST ONE:]
I cannot say much, as I doubt if this will be opened by
you. The German army came in and there was no fighting and I
am very well. I am only distressed at not being able to get
letters from you, and not being
able to send them. I will write a long one, and hold it until
I am sure of some way by which it can reach you.
You know what I would say.
R.
Mrs. Davis had waited in London to meet Richard on his
return from the war, but a misunderstanding as to the date of
his return, coupled with her strong sense of duty to his
interests at home, gave occasion for the letter which follows:
