Beach Fairy
To Daphne Riley-Drummond STOP
c/o Cathay Hotel STOP
Shanghai STOP
Hello Stop
Spending time sending wires to people. STOP
stuck in cabin until we get to another port STOP
Humiliated totally humiliated. STOP
Bumped into Simca STOP
Looked like Greta Garbo in long fur coat and turban. STOP
she was on her way up to 1st class dining STOP
Me to tourist. STOP
She floated past as if she had just returned from steam room (ref Turban) and a secret assignation with a Turk STOP
Must be true STOP
Smelt of camphor and fur coat had fluffed up from the damp STOP
Maybe laid said fur on the floor and had their romp there STOP
Puts me off my coddled eggs STOP
Met a chap called Larry in the Bar STOP
it was 9 in the morning and he was already on his fourth Bloody Mary STOP
Lives in Manilla STOP
Loves the Poker Tables there STOP
Invited me to visit him before or after Shanghai STOP
He was also travelling first STOP
Thought I was like him and slumming it in Tourist for a change STOP
I am officially an outclass STOP
or worse, a ruddy tourist STOP
Send money and put me out of my humiliation STOP
Please STOP
Nothing else to say STOP
Bertie STOP
Beach Fairy
