Strange & Small

Gremlins.

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Garbo sent her handwritten “proposal” to Noël Coward:

Dear Little Coward, Received your very loved, small and tiny letter. Dear person it almost makes me wish the newspapers in this country was right. I am so dreadfully fond of you, that I wish I could forget you. Can’t think of anything more terrific than to fall in love with you. Eternaly (can’t spell) occupied as you are and in need of absolutely no one and looking forward to splendid lonelyness (?) completely immune to any female charm!! Well, this might be an English lesson anyhow I take the opportunity to ask if you will be my little bride—(it’s Leap Year you know). Don’t accept please, I would have to come and get you right away.

How you must dislike my writing this way—but—that fluttering, tired and sad heart of mine has been in such peculiar state since a few weeks ago, but I don’t suppose I know you well enough to go into that too much.

I have a very humble wish that you would write a story for me (us), if you ever have time from the theatre. I can’t beg you any harder, as you will do as fits you anyhow—naturally. Besides that I would like, horribly I think, to go on dusty roads with you and tell you little fairy tales—beautiful ones about solitary figures living in white castles on top of moonlit mountains (permanent moonlight). And as finish I must tell you that what I really would like to tell you I haven’t told—Darling, you are so “flippantly” serious.

© Justyna Bruska (Alrauna)

You’re the best friends anybody ever had. And it’s funny, but I feel as if I’ve known you all the time. But I couldn’t have, could I?