Series 03: Marie Rose Martin nee Livesey letters, 26 December 1911-22 November 1922 - Page 76
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& that I have become quieter & quieter & sometimes when I do break out in a talking fit I surprise myself so much that I instantly close up & back to my shell like a snail. [indecipherable], someday I shall be light & merry again. I
The whole trouble is with your parents & Friends. I can realise better now the disgust with which you must receive any reference to our relaionship. It is revolting to anyone but especially so to one, super-sensitive who has no real personal regard for me.
Cousin, I have taken deeply to heart all that you have written. It has made me a very sadder but wiser man. I have a very hard row to hoe, harder than you and I ever thought, please the good fates I shall see light & happiness somewhere. I have plenty of nerve & consider I brave it out well. I must admit that I am loney enough,