Cocks letter diary, 1916-1919 / Verner Cocks - Page 500
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of a Miss Rout by reading the bulletin. She is a NZ lady who helps soldiers in trouble in Paris. We visited her & she put us on the train coming home. It cost us 2 francs each for train fares to Paris & return. Miss Rout is a remarkable woman quite a dinkum digger & she says she is going to see that all the diggers see Paris before they go home officially or unofficially. She meets every train either to get soldiers off or on the station who haven't passes & she knows just how to do it. This time Paris was under snow & looked rather desolate compared to the times we were there before. I saw several new things that I missed last time but my duty was to act as guide & interpreter to the two other chaps. The most wonderful thing in Paris just now I think is the famous war picture. It is