To-day is the feast of the Blessed Virgin so there was no school, the boys serving on the altar. Went to 8 Mass, worked, and then went with Mám to the Cathedral. This was the hardest of the two Masses she will have to conduct until Páp comes home. The male choir, or part of it, sang Perosi’s Mass, and Mám was really splendid the way she remembered everything, though it is 6 years since she had the choir, the time when Páp was interned for 4 years. Saw John Cottrell once more. He took part for the last time in the ceremonies and after I caught a glimpse of him flying away in his Fiat. I hope the next time I see him will not be when I come before his judicial gaze. Worked and gardened and read my 14 ‘Lands and Peoples’ which I had stored up to read for the hols. I am afraid there are too many facts in them, if read together, and one obliterating the other, but perhaps I will digest the others better fortnightly. Got almost 7 stamps from Tim and a few from Arthur when I went to [them] with Mám. He has my U.S.A. ₤2 and a Mafeking ₤25!!!
