{"id":370,"date":"2016-07-22T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gapsfm.com\/Dummy2nd\/?p=370"},"modified":"2016-07-22T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T15:11:54","slug":"greetings-from-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.elizabethgoudge.org\/index.php\/2016\/07\/22\/greetings-from-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings From Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings From Belgium<\/p>\n

Dear Deborah,<\/p>\n

I wish you and your family a very happy Christmas.<\/p>\n

I hope you will go on with your interesting site next year. I appreciate your comments about the novels.<\/p>\n

I would like to know what you think about “The Scent of Water” which is one of my favourites.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth doesn’t mention it in her auto-biography, but I have a feeling that she put a lot of herself in it.<\/p>\n

I am sorry to live too far to take part in the Goudge’s events.
\nOne question: is Jessie still alive? She must have been a precious source of information about her friend unless she wanted to remain discreet about her. It would be quite understandable.<\/p>\n

Thanks again for your work
\nMerry Christmas and happy New Year
\nJosie Natalis from Li’ge, Belgium<\/p>\n

Dear Josie,<\/p>\n

Thank you for your kind comments and good wishes.<\/p>\n

I intend to make the next article a review of The Scent Of Water which is also my favourite Goudge book. I think she puts biographical references in all her work, but I too think there is something special about that particular book.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately Jessie died some years ago, but I did met up with her God daughter Erlys, last year at her home in Pembrokeshire. We had a very long and interesting talk about both Jessie and Elizabeth, which as yet I haven’t written about publicly. Jessie was indeed a very private person and reticent about her life with Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

Keep visiting and enjoying the site.<\/p>\n

regards Deborah.<\/p>\n

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