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him to Edinburgh before Katie had done more
than glance at it.

To Mark it will be a glimpse
into a world outside the "Greys". To Jock it
will interpret among other things the Oxford
tradition.

As a father I am especially
grateful to you for having written it.

This morning brought your
exceedingly kind labours on Shaw Sparrow.
I will preserve your confidence absolutely; but
I have ventured to edit your notice - à la
Ems telegram - & purpose sending a copy to
S.S. Of course I wish this thing had never
been started; but I have to consider the
feelings of S.S. & his real goodness. I
must not break his heart. The odd thing
is that in his private letters he writes a
perfectly excellent cogent style of the
Demosthenic sort. But when he authorises
he puts on his Sunday Blacks - a most
grotesque kind of fancy dress - in honour of
the solemnity of the occasion. But most of