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origin. Whether it was the tobacco or the fact that I had overtaxed my strength which I had got & am not as strong as I thought & several times during the day Jack was very anxious. I am satisfied that this old heart is not yet fit for active service but I will carry on with it just the same.
31-10-18
Rose 9.45 & went for shave. First shop no one in - next was for ladies only & the third was all sorts shaving, manicure & chiropodist. The museum is near by I walk down to it passing on the way Mudies & many other names I know. The building is now almost all closed up only a few of the rooms of the Graeco Roman period are open. All the rest is closed so it is impossible to describe it. Disappointed I took bus to the Bank. The bus system is excellent. They run every few minutes, travel very fast, pull up where required & are as cheap as our trams. While from the top one can see London under ideal circumstances & as seats hold two it is easy to ask names of buildings on the way. All along I see names familiar to me on Customs invoices. I go to Alcocks but there are no more letters - indeed I could hardly expect them for on 29/10/18 I got 6 which I have not yet answered. Mr Alcock then takes me round to Mansion House which is closed as Lord Mayors Feast is soon to be held & then on to St Pauls Cathedral. I enter by the door neath the dome and find myself under the enormous dome with its Listening Gallery round the top of it. It is much like any other church with glorious stained windows & memorials to the dead. Half the church is devoted to the clergy & choristers. The statue of Nelson is undergoing repairs. I go down into the crypt to see where "high ambition is