The Henson Journals

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8th Sunday after Trinity, August 7th, 1927.

The heat during the night was intense, and much rain fell. Holy Communion was celebrated in the Chapel at 8.45 a.m. Ella and I communicated. As the rain continued to fall steadily, we remained indoors, reading & writing letters. I wrote to Ernest, and to James.

In the afternoon Lord L. showed us the view from the octagonal building in the Park. At 5 p.m. there was Evensong in the Chapel. A male quartet from the Presbyterian Church in Newtownards sang "Rock of Ages" as an anthem.

The Sunday papers are filled with Bottomly [Bottomley], who has just been released from prison. His gross impudent countenance stares at one from the front pages, & his "revelations" of prison life fill the columns. It is no good evidence of public sanity that such a man can so move the interest of the masses. During the war this arch–swindler established a reputation for himself as "the soldier's friend", and no exposures of his frauds seem to affect the confidence of his clientèle. Then to have been imprisoned is in these queer days a secure title to the regard & admiration of the People!