The Henson Journals

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Monday, January 19th, 1931.

I packed my bag and joined mine host. We travelled to Euston by the early train, on which we had breakfast. Whether my exertions yesterday were the cause, I cannot say, but I slept most of the journey. On arriving in London, I drove at once to the Athenaeum, where a bedroom had been reserved for me. Then I lunched, having some conversation with Athelstan Riley, whose deafness increases. After visiting the hairdresser, I drove to Lambeth, and attended the meeting of Bishops. The Archbishop of York presided, and began by giving us a message from Lang, who expressed his grief and shame at finding himself again unable to preside over the Bishops. Lord Dawson was reported to have said that the root of the Archbishop's illness was his assumption that in your sixties you can do what you did in your forties. That is a warning which is relevant to more cases than the case of the Archbishop. I dined at the Athenaeum, and then wrote up my journal, & a "Collins" to Lady Warwick.

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