2110-6-3-2

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

9th November, 1932.

My own darling

No letter from you this morning! I hope you are all right. I will see you at dinner on Thursday with Gran. I am taking her to the pre-Armistice service at St. Colomba's. Have you let Nan know where and when you are meeting her tomorrow?

McKenna was very interesting last night. My only objection to him is that he makes everything clearer than God intended anything to be. We had a little dinner, consisting of Neville Chamberlain, Esmond Harmsworth, Walter Monckton, the Governor of the Hudson Bay Company, etc. I left at 9.15, and went to see Nan and Gran, whom I found in great form in a very nice hotel. I never saw both of them looking better.

Today I am lunching at the Travellers, and have a good many appointments.

I am very well. My cold is completely gone.

Winston seems to be behaving very foolishly. He attended a luncheon yesterday which Abe Bailey gave to celebrate the engagement, and smoked and drank copiously. Ramsay is looking ghastly, and I am getting quite nervous about him. His speech on Monday was almost a breakdown.

"The Times" has done the North papers handsomely this morning.

[papers bought from the North family for the nation by the Pilgrims Trust. J.B. was largely responsible for this.]

Much love.

from John