1 No mail tonight when I particularly wanted it as the motor has
broken down near a place to which Douglas was being conveyed. I hope
it was not due to this detour of his, but at any rate Douglas ought to
have got near his destination in it before it happened which is lucky. 25th 2 letters just came separately. Rather a disappointed bw at first, thinking the 2nd was the only one & that a gay & giddy little p r had neglected to reply
to his Comforts circular , but more than smoothed down when another came, show-
ing what the p r was up to. So glad you are pleased old thing & as usuall
we seem to have got the same idea about the same time. How did the p r
like writing the big cheque I wonder. I'm rather well pleased it should have been for a
Charity, for Ulster & for the Division. I don't much like the idea of your going to Ireland in the winter but
it may be your duty to do so. I expect you'll stop with Sir George if you go.
It's rather nice having a p r peeping behind the political scenes, but her excursions etc with
the Duchess seems quite natural to a b w. You must find things a little difficult when people try to pump you about
the Div. You can always say that I think the GOC a strong man, & you can
add if you like but I a little wish he were a more bigoted Ulsterman, & Add a little
laugh but of course my husband has very much stronger views still which than many others. I wonder what Carson thinks of Redmond. I should think more of his
sincerity & patriotism if he advertised it a little less, but I have no doubt it is
good business from a political point of view to divert attention from the utterances
of the Bp of Limerick & some of his colleagues. What is Devlin doing, remaining
mum? If so he will have Redmond out of the leadership later when he has
ceased to be useful with the gullible B.P. Post ! ! !