Letter from Edward Renouf to Anny Schey von Koromla

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400 East 50th Street, New York

Sunday, 9 April

Dearest Annerl!

My steamer is called INDEPENDENCE HALL, a freight ship of the America-France Line. We depart from New York at three o’clock this coming Wednesday and arrive in The Hague early on Monday 24 April. The office of the America-France Line in The Hague is at 142 Boulevard de Strasbourg, and they’ll be able say which quay the ship will be landing at. Will you be there, Annerl? If you are . . . . . . . ! ! ! If not, write to me at 142 Boulevard de Strasbourg and tell me where I should meet you . . . . . somewhere where you love the trees and flowers and where the blue sky makes you happy! Don’t come all the way to The Hague if you think the journey might be too onerous. Find a little place not too far away from where you are and let me know, and I’ll come and find you there. Dearest Annerl, I’m so excited!

I spent the weekend with my sister and I’ve just said goodbye. Now Heinzl’s waiting for me to join him for dinner, and after that we’re going to visit some of his old friends. I don’t have a quiet place to sit down and write a proper letter because I’m living like a real Bohemian at the moment; there are always people around, talking and laughing, wherever I am. But not to worry. Before long I won’t have to write anymore and I won’t have to try to put into writing everything, everything, everything that can only be said when two are alone.

Until we meet again, Annerl! Soon!

Yours,

Etl

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