[Redbook1:97][19691116:1645a]{A
trip to Oxford
[continued(2)]}[16th November 1969]
Sunday 16th November,
4.45pm [continued]
A little
note received in lunch, saying we shall be leaving immediately afterwards and
do I still want to come? signed
B.R.. I fold over the paper to put his
signature on the outside, add “[House name] Yes” underneath, and send it back. Brevity is the soul of wit? Or Precision is the essence of showmanship?
Ten minutes
after the stated time I arrive to find only one other person there – F.S.,
strangely enough. My calculations appear
to have mis-fired; instead of arriving thirty seconds after everyone else, I
have to wait three minutes. Ah well!
Stop taking yourself off, [...], and stop this fatuous and frivolous style. (With
apologies to the housemaster).
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