Alexander diary, 1917-1918 / Roy Alexander - Page 179
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Our room contains a dressing table and wardrobe en suite in light oak, but the remainder of the pre-war furnishings have given place to two single bedsteads, two camp-beds, two card tables, and, alas!, two Welshmen. They are G. Williams (C.B. "Lestris") and O. Richards (C.E. "Bulgarian").
A late lunch was served us in a beautiful dining hall.
A genuine lunch, too, of cold tongue, beef, potatoes, butter, tea, jam, etc. (How we wolfed it!)
The room is fairly large, square, with a parquet floor – opening - a two sides to a glassed verandah, one side of which opens on to the terrace. At stage, complete with f / lights, "flies" etc. runs across one end and is used during meal-hours as portion of the dining-room – forming a dias. The verandah, now stripped of its palms, is also an extension of the