The Henson Journals

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Wednesday, June 25th, 1919.

I wrote letters in the club, & then went to the Academy & looked at a very poor show of pictures. Then, falling in with Godfrey, I walked in the Park until lunch. Then I returned to the Club, & lunched. After this I walked into the City, & attended a meeting of the Royal Society of Health in the Mansion House. I proposed the vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor. Then I went to Bloomsbury Square, & attended a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of Literature. Lord Crewe presided, & Newbolt was the chief speaker. Gosse was there, & Charnwood. I dined with Miss Mundella. Sir Ryland Adkins was there, & I had much talk with him about the Enabling Bill. He is a Nonconformist, but not ill–disposed to the Church. He did not speak very warmly of the Bishop of Peterborough, who seems nowise a strong man, for good or for ill.

I was distressed to see how thin and white Antonia has become. No doubt the death of her little brother is a grievous experience for so young a girl. She carried herself admirably throughout, but she has evidently been fretting. I got back to the Hotel about 11.30 p.m. Taxis are practically unobtainable, but the underground served my turn well enough.

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