‘September 1905.
‘Lena looks lovely!’
A letter followed describing the wedding, and concluding thus:—
‘The country is looking lovely—even in the rain; but the swallows are flying about in great excitement. I think they must be departing at once. I wonder how long I shall be privileged to go on working before I too migrate. I do hope I may be able to work on to the end....’
To the same:—
‘September 1905.
‘I had nightmare last night about war in India. Russia is quite ready to turn her armies into Afghanistan, and she is allowed to keep all ready in Manchuria. Well, one can only hope that still out of the strife will come soul evolution.’
In September 1905 Miss Beale’s letters speak of exhaustion, but others wrote of her that she was busy, full of energy, and ‘does not seem to tire.’
To the same. Speaking of her visit to London in the Christmas holidays:—