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IIa PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, W. I.
5. 2. 23.
Dear John
re Geese, B. says you have a kind wh. looks handsome, does not hiss & eats coarse weeds like a swan. Where can I order a pair in time for the nesting season?
B. is much better & gone to Sidmouth till the end of the month. K. [ST: Katy] has had quinsy & Jock rheumatics, & are off to Falmouth for a fortnight. My chauffeur is laid up with bad
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flue at Checkendon. Business is atrocious. A neighbour has started a lawsuit against me about "lights". I ought to be, am, profoundly grateful for all these mercies.
Mark, unless he has been overwhelmed by the Seismic Wave in the Pacific, shd. be home in a few weeks.
The world as a whole seems to be wonderfully contented & well ordered.
Yours very truly
Frederick Scott Pangloss-Oliver.
Lt. Col. Buchan.
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5. 2. 23. IIa PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, W. I.
Dear John
re Geese
B. says you have a kind which looks handsome, does not hiss & eats coarse weeds like a swan. Where can I order a pair in time for the nesting season?
B. is much better & gone to Sidmouth till the end of the month. K. has had quinzy & Jock rheumatics, & am off to Falmouth for a fortnight. My chauffeur is laid up with a bad flue at Checkendon. Business is atrocious. A neighbour has started a lawsuit against me about "lights". I ought to be, am, prefoundly grateful for all their mercies.
Mark, unless he has been overwhelmed by the Seismic Wave in the Pacific, should be home in a few weeks.
The world as a whole seems to be wondwefully contented & well ordered.
Yours very truly
Frederick Scott Pangloss - Oliver.
Lt. Colonel Buchan.
