Part 01: Rupert Nixon letters, 28 November 1914-2 October 1917 - Page 101
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invaded their country & she has her mother here looking after the Belgian women, & they are both thought a great deal of, as they can speak French as well as anyone.
I tried to go on learning French which I started in Egypt, but can't pronounce it the same as these people so I would rather have the book.
These two people know quite a lot of the people I know in Sydney & have had some good old yarns & one of them has lent me her bike & I have been for some lovely tours through the lovely country lanes, & on Tuesday took a run out to Windsor & had another look at the dear old castle, it is only ten miles from here & I would like to go further out, but we have to be in bed by half past eight which I think is a sin for to me it's the best part of the day & it's as bright as day up to ten o'clock.
Sir George Reid came yesterday & we saw him fully twenty minutes before he got into the ward, he seemed to be following behind, as he was so fat, he