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St. Stephen's House,
London, S. W. 1.

15th September, 1931.

My own darling,

I do hope you will have a comfortable journey to-day, attended
by your two stalwart sons, and that you are throwing off
your cold . I am afraid I have caught your cold, or something very
like it.

I had a very pleasant journey down yesterday with my old
friend, Sullivan, the miners' Member for Bothwell. His one dominating
feeling is a passionate hatred for Gandhi. He said, "Look
here, Mr. Buchan, if you and me was to paint ourselves blue and tie
something round our middle, and turn up in London, we would be arrested
by the polis. And yet they let yon naked savage come blathering
here. I would gie him a goat and send him into the wilderness.
I asked him if the Labour people felt the same, and he said, "Every
man at the bottom of his heart." I had also the company of the
young actor who played "Young Woodley." I think his name is Frank
Lowton - a very pleasant fellow.

I got to the House at seven o'clock, snatched a mouthful
of dinner , and was then called on by the Speaker. I think I made a
useful speech, and though I was very much interrupted by the Labour
people, the interruption was very friendly compared with what everybody
else got. Neville Chamberlain's winding up was pure pandemonium.
I am more and more inclined to think tha t we shall adjourn in
about three weeks for a fortnight , and then go to the country as a
National Government. I had a long talk with Megan, and she says