Winter 1900, "Darling, before I go to bed I must have a word with you"
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Title
Winter 1900, "Darling, before I go to bed I must have a word with you"
Subject
Love
Loneliness
Secrecy
Description
Woolley speaks of wanting to be able to declare her love for Marks in public
Creator
Mary Woolley
Date
December 17 1900
Format
Correspondence
Identifier
ms0865-s01-b02-f03-i001
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
[1]
Sunday evening - 10.45
Novembega [??]
Darling, before I go to bed I
must have a word with
you. I am just hungry to
see you tonight- It was
so tantalizing to have a
glance only of you this
afternoon - not a word, ex-
cept a perfunctory “how do
you do?” and “Good-bye-” when
I wished to take you with
my arms and kiss you!- Did
you know it, Dearest, could
you feel that I wanted
you so that the light
served to go out of the room
when you went?
[2]
Tell me that you did, my
own Jean, that you under-
stood although we could not
say one word to each
other - What shall I say
to you, Dearest, when the
room is full of people? It
seems so perfectly absurd
to say that I am “glad to
see you” - “Glad”? The very
semblance itself comes in with
you and goes, when you go -
and my heart beats as if
it were going to jump out
of its normal place - I
can hardly wait until
Tuesday my Darling, my
Darling - I am lonely for you
[3]
tonight - Are you thinking of
me and wishing to see me,
Sweet-heart? If I might
see you only for a moment
tomorrow - I should be
so glad.
I aim to see Sally at
eleven. Pray for me, that
I may say the right
thing, Dearest -
Good night, my Darling, my
own little Sister - If only
I might hear you say that
you love me.
Your own May
Sunday evening - 10.45
Novembega [??]
Darling, before I go to bed I
must have a word with
you. I am just hungry to
see you tonight- It was
so tantalizing to have a
glance only of you this
afternoon - not a word, ex-
cept a perfunctory “how do
you do?” and “Good-bye-” when
I wished to take you with
my arms and kiss you!- Did
you know it, Dearest, could
you feel that I wanted
you so that the light
served to go out of the room
when you went?
[2]
Tell me that you did, my
own Jean, that you under-
stood although we could not
say one word to each
other - What shall I say
to you, Dearest, when the
room is full of people? It
seems so perfectly absurd
to say that I am “glad to
see you” - “Glad”? The very
semblance itself comes in with
you and goes, when you go -
and my heart beats as if
it were going to jump out
of its normal place - I
can hardly wait until
Tuesday my Darling, my
Darling - I am lonely for you
[3]
tonight - Are you thinking of
me and wishing to see me,
Sweet-heart? If I might
see you only for a moment
tomorrow - I should be
so glad.
I aim to see Sally at
eleven. Pray for me, that
I may say the right
thing, Dearest -
Good night, my Darling, my
own little Sister - If only
I might hear you say that
you love me.
Your own May
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Citation
Mary Woolley, “Winter 1900, "Darling, before I go to bed I must have a word with you",” Digital Exhibits of the Archives and Special Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ascdc.mtholyoke.edu/items/show/559.