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Sent from the British School at Athens (BSA). Telling him about Christmas: they played tennis, went to a carol service at the English Church on Christmas Eve though it was too full for them to attend on Christmas Day, the Woodwards [Arthur, Director of BSA, and his wife Jocelyn] came to dinner and they did a general knowledge [quiz, written by Herbert] which [Arthur] Woodward bluffed his way through (“his bluff was very successful!”). Also telling Herbert: about his work [on Egyptian finds in Greece]; that there had been heavy snow in the north of Greece which could have delayed letters, and snow on mountain passes from Sparta which had made it difficult for [others from the school] travelling back from Sparta; [Walter] Heurtley had returned from Macedonia and Constantinople [Istanbul] “feeling much the worse for wear”; he had written 33 Christmas letters and his Greek was improving; and that [the school residents] would dine with the Woodwards on New Years’ Eve. John additionally thanks Herbert for telling him about [sports] matches and says he thinks it is a very good idea to write to the Egyptian Exploration Society soon. |
