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"I must say, "love" as such bores me to tears nowadays...", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Bing', one page, Mena, 20th August 1962, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('Dearest Maureen'), an amusing letter regarding the Queen's visit to Menabilly and the effects on the household. Daphne's dog Bib 'had to have sedative pills after the Queen's visit!! I think he had been put out with all the preparations, and then when she arrived, he was shut up in the old kitchen with the Burt's Toby, so lost face!' She continues 'Moper will have told you about the Visit, and I was so worn out with doing the flowers before - 25 vases (Tod!) that when the day came I was not nervous. And it was a crumb as the car with the royal standard came sweeping up the drive, and the Queen inside, radiant, all in white. The actual hour passed quickly enough, and typically, no one eat anything hardly, such a waste of the spread. I don't know what I talked about, I heard sounds coming from my mouth I didn't recognise! She was very nice, tho' one can't really say she is jam-along, can one? I dont see how she can be, always on show like that. He looked a little pale, haven fallen at polo a little while before... But my plans went adrift, and out of the corner of my eye I saw Piff handing the Queen all the wrong things, and some ass gave her an old green plate instead of the new glass ones. Still, as if she cared.. I took her and Lady Leicester to nim in Blue Lady, but Moper never showed the men the lobby, and I feel sure their bladders were bursting. it was a great relief when it was all over'. Daphne continues 'Gollancz and McCormick of Doubledays are very pleased with my Glass-Blowers, which is a relief, and it doesn't have to be cut at all, for a wonder. I don't think it will be a popular success though because there is no great romance or main love-interest in it, and people always seem to want that. I must say, "love" as such bores me to tears nowadays. Me age-group, I s'pose!'. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)