Worked till 12.30 then drove to town with Fr. Pat and got ‘An Letríocht’ [Literature] for my Irish exam and ‘The Pickwick Papers’ which I will read this hols. I was in a fix as to how I should accept Betty’s invitation to the pictures and go with Mám to see ‘Les Misérables’ at the same time. But anyhow went to Honan Home [University student residence] and had some invigorating gallops on their new pony. I am not a bad horseman after all for when I got up first he bucked and reared like anything, but I managed to cling on in fine style. Brought Betty to tea at home, and then we all went to ‘Les Misérables’. It is not a colossal picture full of thrills and wonderful spectacles, as I thought, but a beautifully wrought tale of a convict, at first embittered and desperate, but then softened by a lovable old bishop, Mgr. Myriel, and finally rises to be mayor of a little town. Later he is pursued by a relentless detective and then occurs a wonderfully charming scene in which a tiny little drudge is brought by him from her slavery and set into an unknown paradise of dolls and playthings. Beyond Fr. Emmanuel – Went to Betty’s after supper.
