was brought (!) to us, and then we collected parcels and things to the house. [Beveridge, who was head of the College was lending us his house] zfl zfd
I read rapidly Saki’s ‘The unbearable Bassington’—witty and clever. Sad last-night feeling. … zbn zem
Friday 30th
… goodbye to Mommy. … Not too happy, but it is better to have them both less ill and better housed. zfl zem
I got on the school train, all the same damned faces of which only Roger’s was really welcome. Soon all the damned dirty jokes. What an anti-climax after meeting all the thinking people at the conference. I read most of the journey D.H. Lawrence’s ‘The Virgin and the Gypsy’, which did not strike me as being sufficiently immoral to warrant banning in the school—better than many other novels in that respect—but not very inspiring. ztv zbn zfr
… I share now with Wallop [CMGS—youngest Smith. The Smith brothers were nicknamed Crash, Bang and Wallop, but only the latter stuck] and Wood which might be nice. … zfr zsr
My parting from home was softer than usual, but I think I am fonder of Mommy—and even more of Daddy, whom before I scarcely knew—than I have ever been. Indeed I am fortunate in my parents—they are well chosen! zem zfl
May
Saturday 1st
… Roger and I set off Gannelwards and spent a sunny hour talking. He is deciding not to join up [the call-up of a medical student could be deferred]—for he would probably not qualify till 30 yrs old—which is awful late for marriage and for medicine. I begin to think I will not join probably, because it would rather wreck the career, and I think I am as much use to the society as a future doctor as I would be a sailor. …zfr zwk zmw zca
