Letter from Edward Thomas to his wife, Helen Thomas. Archival reference: 424/1/1/1/1/161
Prewylfa
Westgate Road, Westgate
C/o Mrs Haynes
22.4.1900
My dearest friend,
Your two letters came by the Sunday post just now, and I was very glad to have them, and sorry only that you would have expected a letter from me in vain.
It is a delicious summer morning and we are about to start on a walk to [illegible]. I really do wish you were here. I wished so at Canterbury yesterday and on our long walk back to the sea; for we were continually passed by swallows, and

As it is unless you have spent your money, I must borrow it for a day or two until I can sell some useless books at Oxford. Do you mind?
Adieu. Kiss Philip Merfyn for me and give my love to father and mother.
Goodbye my own sweet little one. I am yours and wholly yours.
Edward.