The exams are over at the School of Music now. Robert O’Dwyer examined piano, who gave lessons to the shivering pupils in harmony and theory instead of giving them marks. He only wrote a report about each of them. Miss Barker will probably give the marks! – A few days ago I met Irmah going to be examined. She was trembling, and insisted on my saying a prayer for her. She and Fräulein Engelmann are in Dunquin now. Worked in the morning, but had to go down town to get a crib [translation] for Livy XXI, and couldn’t get it anywhere. Went to Horgans’ in the evening, and was boating and playing with Ivor and Joe. After summer we went fishing, and Joe actually caught a young pike of 1½ pounds. He is getting on in the fishing line. Got I[ntermediate] C[ertificate]H[onours] papers from Joe. They are much harder than the ones I went in for in History and in Latin. Went to Mr. Fielding about the choir. He kept me about ¾ hr, and in the end I have to go up again Friday evening. Forgot to say we ((‘We’ meaning Ivor, Joe and Aloys. The boys broke into the temporarily unoccupied house of the manager of Forde’s, listened to records found there and played the piano.)) got into Grace’s beautifully kept house this evening and had gramophone and piano going. The new manager of Ford’s will get the house. A captain’s cap tilted on his head. He stood for the principle of the French revolution.
