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what you are told to do, & that is the highest form of service in these difficult times. If you are kept in England as an instructor it must be because you are most useful to the Empire in that job, & on your own showing you can turn out more qualified pupils than the average man. The last thing in the world we wish to do is to weaken your nerve by making you think of anything – whether you are at the Front or not – other than just your plain duty at the moment, without another arrière pensée of any description. Do this, & you need never worry as to what your mother or father may be thinking. They will only be thinking you are doing what is best, & they will be praying for you – & so will your two dear brothers in heaven – all the time.

I am sorry you have lost the companionship of Segrave. Evidently you are now with a fresh crowd at Rugby, but I hope you will knock against some other decent fellows there. Mother sent a cablegram to Mrs. Vidal thanking her for her letter & sending Christmas greetings. She addressed it to Mrs Vidal Barnsley Rectory, Gloucestershire, England. Yesterday to our great disgust we received a notice from the cable people "Barnsley reports name unknown at Rectory". Clearly to my mind the cablegram has gone to Barnsley in Yorkshire instead of Gloucestershire. However we shall send it again to Barnsley Rectory Cirencester England, & then I suppose

 

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