The Henson Journals
Wed 10 October 1917
Volume 21, Page 195
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Wednesday, October 10th, 1917.
1164th day
A lamentably wet day. The ill–fortune in the article of weather, which has dogged the British advance at every stage, still continues: yesterday's offensive was carried through in a deluge. "Dorothea" went off after Breakfast. I attended Mattins, & then went into the town & purchased a safety shaving apparatus, wh cost a guinea. I wrote a few pages of the sermon, & tore up as many. Then General Kelly & Captain Alexander came to lunch; after which I shewed them over the Cathedral, and attended Evensong. Then I walked with Gee for an hour. He presses me to write to the "Times", and make a public appeal to the Abp. against the meeting of the R.C.C. in November. This would hardly commend me to his Grace, or go far to disprove the contention of those who represent me to the P.M. as a man of strife & contention! Nevertheless it might not be wrong or injudicious proceeding.