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[10th Jan. contd]
It may be interesting to describe an Estaminet scene (I have often been delighted to visit to see the fun) They are not like our Hotels and the villages simply abound with them. There is a counter in some case where the beer etc is handed over. You walk in get your drink & sit down at a table of which there are usual a dozen in each outfit. Then the piano starts & fun commences & more you drink the better you sing. Style Compre. At 8 o'clock (weet heure) kick out time comes.
Thursday 11th
Box [?] bombardment
Friday 12th
Did not get to sleep until midnight as Phelan & Wilson created a disturbance – after being paid - by coming home shiggered & ended up by tossing things about a little.
Saturday 13th
Mrs Bs birthday. Sent a F.S.C. tonight Also recd a letter from Ernie & answered it. Today has been coldest for some time & I spent all the afternoon working in snow fall accompanied by little rain. Glad of a bath & change. Sam at a Gas School at Casserou (?)
Sunday 14th
River again in flood and came up very fast during the night – so fast that I spent the afternoon building a path to the cookhouse.