Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1940

Griff playfully sets out his rationale for taking them the long way home earlier. He says that he could easily have stopped, too, to be "leaning heavily on nearest wall, merely stood looking at you, one of the most pleasant occupations, but your feet might have become cold."
She mentioned his strength of will, and he notes that "I behave immediately like water, a thing without substance, like butter (in the summertime). It shows that you have only to look at me and I go funnier than you said I look."
He's not looking forward to his trip to Denton in the snow and tries to write to her on the bus there but to illegible effect.
He obsesses over the sleep she may or may not be having and organises their week ahead together.
A Mrs Myers "led me into a distinct trap!", possibly trying to get him to admit that he was involved with Ida after some sly questioning but their secret remains unspoken.

Ref: CARROLL/IGC/3 GG
With thanks to the Ida Carroll Trust
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.