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In the middle of the afternoon, my PA came in with a letter marked ‘Urgent'. It must have been delivered by hand, she said. The handwriting on the envelope looked like a woman's, but I did not recognize it. Then I found that the note was signed ‘Ellen'. I read:
I expect you will be at the debate Monday and Tuesday. I have got to stay away, of course. I can't even communicate with him until it's all over. Will you please – I have to ask you this – let me know how things are going? I trust you to tell me the bare truth, whatever it is. I shall be in the flat alone, on both evenings. Please ring up, whatever you have to tell me.