The Henson Journals

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Wednesday, March 27th, 1918.

1332nd day

The weather is much colder, & the sky was over–cast. I began a sermon for use in the Cathedral on Easter Day. After lunch I motored to Whitbourne, and confirmed about 50 persons in the parish church. Ella went with me, and after service we had tea with the parson's brother, Sir Richard Harington, formerly a Judge in India, who has become the owner of the original Harington house (if I understood correctly what I was told) itself an ancient episcopal residence. He impressed me as an intelligent & interesting man. When we returned home we found a telegram announcing the arrival of Harold. We were in some doubt as to the identity of the sender, whether it was Harold Henson or Harold Knowling. It turned out to be the latter, very little altered in appearance by the labour & illness of Salonika. He had much to say of the ill–conduct of the French, who appear to be represented in the Balkans by their worst troops.

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