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The Walls were built of good square blocks of sandstone, and had been very strong with "keeps" at intervals; a hollow had been worn in the hard stone by the feet of the people, of centuries.
On the way back to Crewe, some old gent tried to convince me that the British were the ten lost tribes of Israel. Why the dickens some people like to think they're related to the Jews Arabs and Gippos I don't know. I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Wales its people are so sociable, and the Celtic people are rather quaint; two languages are taught in the schools Welsh and English. The people of Brittany in France, speak an almost identical language and are easily understood by the Welsh.
While in Crewe the Armistice was signed, and there were great rejoicings. People paraded the streets, bands played, and the bells clashed and bashed in the church all day, that's what it sounds like, only a little musical some people think it's lovely. I'm not musical then,can't be. It was the first time they had rung for 4 years. My face swelled up, with riding that blessed bike in the cold wind, and 4 small chips of bone worked out.
Then I came back to London and visited Madame Tussauds, which is a very fine show indeed. I saw the waxworks of Deeming and Peace, and lots of other bloody scoundrels. Marie Antionette was there with her head lopped off; best place for it, judging by the small amount of sense she must have had. Also there were some relics of Napoleon. His tooth or something, not nearly as big as the tooth Fritz blew out of me, I don't reckon. At night I went and saw "Nurse Benson" at the Globe.
I then returned to Sidcup after a months enjoyable leave. At the first inspection the doctor was inclined to give me another month's leave, but after a little consideration he decided to operate on me and remove some dead bone which was keeping the wound running. So I went to bed and next day they chloroformed me, and operated