1 Nov. 22. I think the b w is distincly jealous of the squirrel, when
he sees how the p r makes up to him -the pampered little mendicant!
but all the same he would much like to see the 2 together. Would the squirrel
disappear if the b w came along with the p r ? I notice you have no doubt
that it is a "Mr", perhaps there are several little Mrs looking on with poor
litlle wrinkled noses. However when the B W comes their time will come,
& then Mr Squirrel perhaps will give up his flirtation with a p r & think
more of the domestic virtues of his....? (toploft is the nearest term I can
get to his own hearth). I am afraid I may not have given you quite enough informa
tion about the Div' train for your Committee, but if you have taken my
advice & have written to the OC ( not to any one by name) this will
not matter. The Div' train which is now concentrated is likely to
be divided up over a fairly wide area so that each man company will have
to be dealt with as a separate unit, but if you have written to the
OC Div' train & not to each of the OC Cos ASCthis will not have
mattered in the "past", but will later not work. I am wondering if you have decided to go over to Ireland, rather
a miserable little p r I'm afraid if so, also whether the Agency is going to be
opened. Even this will require a certain amount of funds. The men seem to be fully provided with cardigan waistcoats
& all the clothing they can carry except perhaps socks & mittens? But
the local unit committees can let you know things. I expect they will ask
for cigarettes (woodbines) but as they get a fairly large issue I should not "give"
them tho' I see no objection to your becoming an agency as tobacconists. 2 ask Mrs K S whether she objects
to having Tobacconist & wholesale dealer written up outside her front door. Proba-
bly she would quite agree If her name were put first & that of the
Duchess 2nd & Lady C's last! I think as far as one can tell at present that we shall have
moved to our new district by the end of the month, & it is the intention
for us to stop there for at least 6 weeks, but one really never knows more than
1 day ahead. Richardson is very much annoyed because COC has treating his
expert knowledge on musketry as if it was that of an infant, & told him
to refer to Barnett. As R was head of a Musketry school & Barnett
a territorial pot hunter you can imagine that thhe does not like it.
This is Gen N all over he looks upon his subordinates as so many
children & lets them know it. No more prattling now but my dear love to Mater
& old Jess, & ... to ... Your b w WBSpender