17 March 1921
17 March 1921
17 March 1921
Villa Isola Bella, Menton, France
I haven’t heard from you today. Again I have forgotten your letter for Broomies. Here it is.
Bouchage came today & my neck was again tapped. But it was no go. He was not very satisfactory or helpful, I must say. I think he is tired of the patient for the moment. He has exhausted his not v. rich resources. But he did say most definitely that I cant stay here later than May. Positively not. This means, therefore, finding another place for four months at least. I should like to try Switzerland. Its not really fashionable & there are doctors there. Peira Cava, par exemple is no good. I couldn’t bear hotels for so long & I don’t imagine there is any medical man there. I feel Switzerland might be much the best place. Would you go & look at it for me? I mean - when you come back. Would you, as soon as possible, go off there & look for a v. small chalet?
I shall write Marie Dahlerup to send me a list of places near Geneva. And perhaps there is a bureau - I am sure there is in London where you can get information. Do try & find one. The Swiss Consulate would put you on its tracks, wouldn’t it? You see there is no time to be lost. Here’s March over. Therell be nothing left if we leave it any longer. I had hoped, in a way, only not really, to stay off and on here until the end of July but its definitely out of the question. And I shant come back here until the end of September. I have a vague idea Ive seen advertised a Swiss Information Bureau but I can’t be certain.
[To Ida Baker in Collected Letters, 18 March 1921.]