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Little Mynthurst Farm, near Horley, Surrey
January 3rd 1917
Dear Buchan
May I send you a line which requires no answer just to congratulate you on "The Green Mantle". I was laid up in a nursing home the other day and found it the greatest possible solace.
I had to undergo a slight operation and was put under an anaesthetic. There was a discussion afterwards as to whether I was properly unconscious. I claimed that I was not. The doctor said that I was, and thought to prove it by saying that I was talking nonsense and was asking for a 'green mantle'.
I then showed them that it proved my sanity, as I wanted them to give me the book of that name so that I could go on reading and forget the pain!
Best luck to you
Yours sincerely
Robert Baden Powell
