Category Archives: Discipline

Wednesday October 21st

Oh! Thou bloudie man! I am fairly ‘steepled in gore’ today owing to the ruthless slaughter of three children, Collier, Radford and Shore. I was again very nervous, I can’t imagine why, but I managed to control my voice. Whitmore … Continue reading →

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Tuesday October 20th

Today we are faced with another problem. ‘Dearmer‘, so his mother writes (though unbeknown to him), ‘arrived home feeling very sick and with his trousers slashed rent.’ He had, apparently owing to having got up top in his form, been … Continue reading →

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Saturday October 17th

Thackeray somewhere in the ‘Book of Snobs’ remarks that we are all snobs at heart and that if one walked down St. James Street with a Duke on either side, it wouldn’t be human not to wish to meet all … Continue reading →

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Thursday October 15th

Hobson went into breakfast with Father this morning so I was left alone. ‘Middle’, perhaps only my imagination, seemed rather constrained and I was quite glad when the meal was over. We had a somewhat unexpected ‘play’ today so we … Continue reading →

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Wednesday October 7th

I have been so fierce today that I am quite prostrated in consequence. This evening I had the younger John ‘up’, a most agitating process for me and (let us hope) for him! Hobson who had been taking Prep came … Continue reading →

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