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Sent from the British School at Athens (BSA). Informing Herbert that he would arrive back to London on the 29th [of May] and hoped to stay at [the Oxford and Cambridge] club; and telling him that the trip to Crete was an “immense success” and Arthur Evans had suggested excavating below the central court at Knossos or at Komó [was port to the Libyan sea] on the south coast. He says of Knossos that “Evans seems to be rebuilding the palace completely in the most splendid style!” Also asking Herbert to bring clothes to London and arrange for shoes to be made, and saying he would love to be in a pageant but might not be able to rehearse as we was running [the high-jump] at Oxford [for the Amateur Athletics Association] on the 23rd [of June]. |