HG12/12/82

Letter from Henry Hugh Longuet Longuet-Higgins to his mother Gertrude Mary Longuet-Higgins. Sent from Hotel d'Angleterre, Davos-Platz, Switzerland.

8 Nov 1909

From: 1909 To: 1909

Pleased to hear Mother has got a couple of servants at last. It was 'baby Bunting's' 20th birthday on the 5th. Kenneth (Dows) and the writer 'pit on semi-Sunday best and trotted up to be with her. Miss Bentinck really isn't 20 at all. She was pleased with the wooden snake the writer gave her to play with. She had Miss Webb and another to tea also, following which the writer and Kenneth let off the fireworks. On Sunday went to the sanitorium with Mr Coltman. It is nearly ready now; ; they have the staff there, Dr Noble has moved in, and they hope to get their patients in on the 15th. A Miss Allhauser has ar.rived in the hotel with a sister in law and friend. She is a cousin of the lady they met last winter. The writer has not yet met her as she has been in bed. Mr Bentinck arrives this afternoon on another visit to his daughter. People are thinking of skating and getting their blades sharpened ready. Yesterday went for a walk with 'young Warwick' round the lake. Asks after family members. The Ravertys ad Captain Moore are back in Arosa.

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Longuet-Higgins, Gertrude Mary,
Longuet-Higgins, Henry Hugh Longuet,
Bentinck,
Dows, Kenneth,
Noble,
Coltman,
Allhauser,
Raverty,
Moore

family correspondence, Switzerland, nursing homes, fireworks, birthdays, skating