Mám got a letter from Nannie saying that Uncle Alec [Rosie Swertz’s husband] has a bad attack of eye-sickness, and he will have to stay for 6 weeks in a dark room. More disappointments! That very probably puts off our holiday in Dublin! It got so hot after 12 that having finished Latin, I went for a swim with Supt. Murray. We first crossed the river, swimming down with the current, and then walked ¼ mile up the road, and swam down with current again. We watched the eel again. After dinner did half my Irish, couldn’t stick it, and went for a set of tennis. On the way I wanted to show Mám the eel, but of course it wouldn’t appear! After I had a swim again by myself. After tea finished Irish and harmony. Finished Portuguese stamps, and read ‘Ben Hur’. It gives a vivid and most interesting description of Jerusalem and the Holy Land at the time of the birth of Our Lord and I am enjoying it immensely.
