Long Autograph Letter Signed ('Considerably Older Mrs. T.') from Angela Thirkell to 'Dear Em' [Mrs Meinertzhagen].

4to, 2 pp. 44 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. With stamped envelope addressed in autograph. Discussing the appalling final illness of 'poor Margery', beginning 'What happened was Cruel. Quite suddenly and I forget now how long ago - perhaps 3 months - all her insides fell out as it were. She was taken to the Westminster (where they were very nice to her) and operated on: which left her in the condition where all evacuation has to be done from a hole in one's side.' Discusses the invalid's relations with friends: 'Diana came up several Times, leaving her children - Elizabeth came up till Margery was taken down near her. Poor M. was full of grudges against them both, but it was the effects of the horrible malady. She was like a terrified animal in a trap and we were all thankful for her sake when she died'.