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what a stainless pair of men
they were - It was hard on the
poor old world but infinitely
better for themselves that they were
taken out of it all so soon.

I am struggling with Hugh
Walpole's "Captives" - I wonder
why he does it! Hundreds &
hundreds of pages about the
frowstiest, most unattractive
people, & houses that watched
the dwellers in them - he
has brought his Russian touch
to bear on England now & the
result may be Art but it
is certainly anything but gay.
I do hate hate the "thick"
young men he writes about.
The weather is absolutely
wonderful. Walter had a
holiday today & he has golfed
from dawn to dark. Yesterday
he spent the whole day on the