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which a picture of the Virgin
Mary was embroidered. I
overheard a Highland sergeant
giving vent to deep indignation
at "thae rags o' Popery".

Andy Macculloch, John
Jameson's elder brother, is here,
and I dined with him last night.
I have a sair life just now,
and my secretary has to come
up every night after dinner
for 2 - hours to my house.
The strain will pass, but it