Yesterday Mammie gave Margherita notice, so she will be leaving us on 21st. She was very good except for her continual grumbling. Páp and I call her ‘Brummerl’ [little growler]. She can’t understand Páp at all, and is very cheeky to him, so that she is sure to give us a bad name in the north parish where she evidently has lots of friends. I pity her, though, because she never expected getting notice, and got quite pale. She has been much nicer since yesterday, so that I really am beginning to feel sorry she is going away. – As to-day was last elocution class Fr. O’Flynn told us several funny stories. He is really extraordinary at imitation, and did Fr. Willie O’Brien for us. He said he [Fr. Willie] will never grow old, but remain as merry and humorous as he always is. Fr. O’Flynn also told us how one of the fellows in Senior Class, Jim Nolan, alias Nick Nock, alias Snizo, fell out of a train, and when the latter pulled up in great consternation, found Jim running after it. – Went to Arthur to-day, and had my first ride in the bus on the way home. They are quite comfortable but tear up the roads terribly. Comp. to-day: Types of Englishmen in day of Addison. –
