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''I am shown over the entrancing grounds by the Mother Superior. Before taking me into the chapel:''

''"You are not a catholic, I suppose?" she asks.''

"Indeed I am."

"I mean, a Roman catholic?"

"Reverend mother, are there any others?"

"Oh, they all call themselves Anglican catholics nowadays!"

Then on to Craigie Lodge, where Pearl Hobbes pesters the tenants with trivial spirit-messages.

Home, feeling cold as death

Saturday, 5 March.

 I am correcting proofs of The Three Eyes'' for Hurst & Blackett. Altogether I shall have four books out this spring.''

The Tour, Butterworth.

The Three Eyes, Hurst & Blackett.

Majesty, Dodd.

More Hunting Wasps, Dodd.

Not so bad for an owld, infirm mahn!

Sunday, 6 March.

''It is pleasant to see the sun gain strength daily, with every sort of flower appearing, al-*''