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consistently here, had published a eulogistic
leading article on me. It is an awful business
to be the prey of journalists in the way I
am.

Last night we had an Oxford dinner at
which H.E. presided & made a
capital speech. John Edgar should be
arriving any day now, unless the
restrictions against the importation of
coloured labour keep him out.

You may be thankful, my old Pudge,
that you are not Edith Carruthers, marrying