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to the outside world - embodying there
the King's Grace. How I enjoyed that
book too - which I read on the voyage
out.

It was a strange experience
being on the high seas for the Jubilee -
quite out of touch with it all - to receive
when I got to Cairo Air Mail letters from
Arthur & all the children, including Harry
lyrical about its beauty & significance &
the particular beauty of the Queen. They
came before all the gush of the papers
& were so real & immediate I could not
help sending quotations from them to Cynthia
Colville - & she shewed my letter to the
Queen, who was so moved by it she
kept it & sent me such a nice message
about it. Saturday's Times which I got at

Brindisi speaks of the King having a slight
chill. How one trembles at any illness for
him & realises afresh his irreplaceableness to
us.

Its been a change being in Cairo
but a very hot & rather an anxious one.
But Kate & her baby are well & don't
seem to mind much both being in a
sweltering hot hospital with not much
air inside & hot winds blowing round
it. But I shall be thankful to get
them home out of the prickly heat & flies.
The marriage I feel is quite a happy
one & Pascoe much come on & mellowed
by it - & beautifully un-clumsy with his
very tiny delicious little baby. When shall I
see you & Zoo-zoo I wonder. I do so want you
to come to Nannau for a few days fishing
& I'll feed you exactly according to Plesch's régime.
Dear John I call you by your old name still - tho' I love the