June 17, 1942                        
 
                          Dear Edwina: -                    
 
                                                            
 
 
It was good to get your note via Dicky. I had a grand evening 
      with him just before he left here -- and, as you know by now, 
      Patricia came here for the night about three weeks ago. She a 
       dear and we all wished she could have stayed longer. 
 
                                                            
 
 
It would be grand if you could come back here this autumn 
      and tell some of our people of your own experiences in the voluntary 
      relief work. We are still going through the preliminary throes 
      of organization -- trying to find the right people and, in some 
  places, trying to find really useful work for the ladies t
 
                                                            
 
 
I think Dicky will have to come back here too fairly soon, 
      as there is nothing like personal conferences to get plans put 
                             through.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
                  I do hope you can come.                   
 
                          As ever yours,                    
 
                                                            
 
 
                        Rt. Hon. The                        
 
                     Lady Louis Mountbatten,                
 
                           Broadlands,                      
 
                             Romsey,                        
 
      Hampshire