Went to nine Mass again, and found the altar boys as bad as ever. They shout the whole time and since there are 8 of them there it is rather hard to say one’s prayers in peace. – A few days ago I told Mám the story of how I was telling Mr. Elrill at tennis of the noises that are all around us in the morning, when he said that bad and all as they were they had no effect on Mr. Neeson, and that every week-day he has to go ‘hootin’ and tootin’ through the early hours of the morning until he comes down. Then they drove to make Mt. Melleray in 5 mins. After dinner went for a walk with Mám up the wood again, and were caught in a shower like yesterday, but there was no thunder. There was a lovely view on the top. Came home, and I went for a swim and had a game of tennis. Then dashed home and after tea Mám, Lil and I went up the river in a boat. We anchored a mile up, and Mám read, while I at first played cards with Lil and then read my history. It was really delightful though the boat was heavy and clumsy.
