Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Murry

Katherine Mansfield, pseudonym of Kathleen Beauchamp,(October 14, 1888 - January 9, 1923), New Zealand-born British short-story writer.

Katherine wrote this letter to John Middleton Murry, fellow writer and critic on May 19, 1917.

Their romance and marriage continued for many years but it was cut short by Katherine's early death from tuberculosis in 1923.

January 27, 1918

My love for you tonight is so deep and tender that it seems to be outside myself as well. I am fast shut up like a little lake in the embrace of some big mountains. If you were to climb up the mountains,
you would see me down below, deep and shining - and quite fathomless, my dear. You might drop your heart into me and you'd never hear it touch bottom.

I love you - I love you - Goodnight. Oh Bogey, what it is to love like this!