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213 Chevening Rd London W. 6
Nov. 22nd/20
Dear Sir,
I have just finished reading your Memoir of the Grenfell brothers.
It has been a great pleasure to me, for it is delightful to read of such jolly, gallant men. To be in the world of what is called "Society" and yet remain so fresh and unspoiled and simple hearted, is, I sh'd think, re-
[written on side of page:] Thanking you most sincerely for your book. I am, dear Sir, yrs very truly, (Miss) M. A. Lupton, one of the "reading public".
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markable. But the reason is revealed at the end of your book, where you write of their religious faith & principle. On closing the book, I found myself saying: "God bless them, Yea & they shall be blessed."
May I venture to say that you seem to me to have wonderfully succeeded in your picture of the two. It must have been difficult - to arrange the order of the two lives, yes there is no
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confusion, & the passing from one to the other is so pleasantly & naturally done.
Theirs is a case where ignorance in some ways, seems an added charm, but that is because "they were they." One hopes Eton will add more learning to its other advantages & traditions.
It is interesting how the Twins started on self education.
I intend to give your book as a Xmas present to a
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relative, who, I know, will much enjoy it, having been 4 years in the war himself.
It makes me still more keen about the League of Nations. We have absolutely no right to sacrifice the lives of others, & to cause them to pass through the fire. Another war is surely unthinkable! Yet I believe an immense amount of propaganda is needed. There is so little imagination, so little power of visualising the horrors of war, in spite of all that has been written
