Gardiner MSS 47.12.03

From
Sir Alan H. Gardiner
Date
Place
Cairo
Caption

Letter from Sir Alan H. Gardiner to his wife regarding the health of Lord Carnarvon, page 3.

Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
19.1 x 14.1 cm (h x w)
Handwritten letter
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Transcription

of days. I am very unwilling, yet it 

must be done if he wants me to 

read some of the inscriptions. Anyhow, 

this hotel closes on April 10th, and after 

that my address will be the Continental. 

          I dontsic know whether this letter 

will arrive before another which Mrs. 

Davies will bring with her, but in 

case it does I will tell you already 

now of something I want you to do. 

Mr Martin Hardy, of the Victoria and 

Albert Museum, has to come and choose 

and discuss with Mrs. Davies which 

of her paintings shall be exhibited 

and which not. Would you perhaps 

ask them to lunch together and 

get Betty too. Betty knows exactly 

where all the pictures are, and 

would help in the unrolling. 

          I was so delighted with the news