To Jack - after you have left me

To Jack - after you have left me

Envelope containing note, newspaper cutting with letter
'Au Revoir' and a photograph showing three quarter length portrait of a man in RAF uniform tunic and a woman in wedding dress with bouquet.

Handwritten note, newspaper cutting and b/w photograph

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[underlined] MARY. [/underlined]

[underlined] TO [underlined]

[underlined] JACK. [/underlined]

[underlined] TO READ AFTER YOU HAVE LEFT ME. [/underlined]

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Darling, I cut these words out a long time ago, before you ever told me you read them every day, and now the time has come for us to say “au revoir” I thought they would be very appropriate to give you when I left you.

[inserted] newspaper cutting [inserted] [underlined] ALWAYS YOURS MARY xxx [/underlined] [/inserted] /inserted]

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[photograph]