Item 03: James I. Marshall diary, 24 November-12 December 1916 - Page 9

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Wiseman and Manning I went out to look for something else of interest.

I went along Victoria Street, where as an Australian I attracted a good deal of attention, some of it very unwelcome too on account of the gazers, to the Abbey. There I found that there was to be a performance of the "Elijah" by a choir from Yorkshire, which I would very much have liked to hear, but I was pulled up by several kiddies selling programmes so I thought that I might not have the price of admission and did not try to obtain entrance. One can imagine my chagrin when I found afterwards that it was a free performance.

By now it was pretty dark and the lamps were lighted. I was surprised to find that the streets are fairly well lighted up, not nearly so dark as I had expected.