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8, HEREFORD GARDENS, MARBLE ARCH. LONDON. W.
14.2.15
Dear John,
I fancy we ought to hold a preliminary meeting of the 'bodies' some day soon for the purpose of electing some female associates.
I presume that there's only to be one club - "the bodies" - & not any 'blonde beasts' - the greater being held to include the less.
As for the motto I suppose it
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ought to be "avidly rampant for spoil & victory". Or would you suggest
I wish I were a hummel cow Far far away where gowans grow untouched by spade To sit upon a knowe and chow And chow And wag my head.
We should get some portraits of 'bodies' for the clubroom. C.B. etc. My maternal grandfather used to be known in Scotland as 'the king of the bodies'. And how to spell 'bodies', so that it is
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8, HEREFORD GARDENS, MARBLE ARCH. LONDON. W.
14.2.15
Dear John,
I fancy we ought to hold a preliminary meeting of the 'bodies' someday soon for the purpose of electing some female associates.
I presume that there's only to be one club - "the bodies" - & not any 'blonde beasts' - the greater being held to include the less.
As for the motto I suppose it ought to be "avidly rampant for spoil & victory". Or would you suggest
I wish I were a hummal cow Far far away where gowans grow untouched by spade To sit upon a knowe and chow And chow And wag my head.
We should get some portraits of 'bodies' for the clubroom. C.B. etc. My maternal grandfather used to be known in Scotland as 'the King of the bodies'.
And how to spell 'bodies', so that it is understanded of the English ear & not construed too corporeally?
But the female associates is what is puzzling me most. The opportunity of a hitherto mispent lifetime!
The menu? "L' ame frite" I suppose for the fish.
Yours F.S.O. [Oliver]
