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  <dc:title>Manuscript letter dated 28 March 1945</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Manuscript letter from Daphne du Maurier to 'Tod' [Maud Waddell], discussing several matters, including 'Tod's' employer, Mr Peake; her play in London ['The Years Between' and her critiques of the actors Clive Brook and Nora Swinbure; 'Tommy's' [Frederick Browning] activities in Kandy [in Sri Lanka], his meeting with Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing, and the war in Burma; recent contact with Fernande [Yvon]; progress on her story set during the Civil War [presumably 'The King's General]; the health and wellbeing of her children, including Tessa [ Browning], whom she predicts will soon have 'Robert' [code word for menstruation]; and the current situation of living in the same house as Marjorie [Johnson].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>28 Mar 1945</dc:date>
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