Sunday, 18 November 2012

{A trip to Oxford [continued(2)]}[16th November 1969]


[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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