ALS signed “Grace,” four pages on two sheets, 7 x 9.75, July 2, [1980]. Letter to “Baba,” Kelly's eldest sibling Margaret ‘Peggy’ Kelly Conlan, in full: "Don't believe the press when they try to make a thing with little Rossellini—Poor Caroline has had a couple of unhappy months. Phillip [sic] is a jerk but we all knew that except Caroline—now she knows it—I kept telling him that C was not ready for marriage but it turned out that Philippe was not ready & has behaved badly & stupidly—Caroline is young & has been hurt—He is off on business & she is taking the month to do some intensive study with an Oxford Don in creative writing—She has a talent for it & would like to pursue it—He has always discouraged it & accuses her of trying to be an intellectual—no one knows where she is except us & I will try to keep it secret as the press fortunately have not found her. Philippe would like to have people think she is having another romance to build up sympathy for himself. Robertino lives here & they have all been friends for a number of years. He has always had a slight crush on Caroline but he is not alone there—But she is not seeing him—Steph is off at camp until Aug. 20—Hope she behaves—She is pleased to be an L[eadership] C[lass] and really loves camp—She's got Onekability [a reference to Camp Oneka, a girl’s summer camp in the Poconos that Grace had also attended in her youth]—Albie is here & sweet as can be—always on the telephone—The most sought after man in town! I have a new hound under foot—Fred—the son of our Springer Spaniel from a mother of unknown origin—cute & funny—Summer weather is slow in arriving & the sea is still very Swedish & English—We will have some relative calm until the 16th when our concerts begin. I am exhausted after a busy & hectic May & June—it has been too much & trying to do up Marchais [the family estate near Paris] at the same time has aged me beyond my years—that chateau that I need like a hole-in-the-head will be the end of me. My exhibit was a success and I sold 39 out of 43 pics—Am afraid always that I will be arrested for taking money under false pretenses but my foundation has done well out of it. I will be over around the 25th of August & will be happy to look after Mama for a week if Mary wants to take off.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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