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The big event of our week was the Edinburgh Tatoo [Tattoo] on Wednesday evening. We had tickets for the late performance starting at 11 pM so we set off from the house in time to get to our seats in plenty of time. 3 batteries of seats had been set up in the castle Esplanade. An eastern tier faced the castle, while N [north] + S [south] tiers faced each other across the esplanade square. Our seats were high up on the S [south] side. We took our places by the rather dim illumination of some electric lights. The 20 thousand or so people that the stands held came in a steady stream round both ends of the East stand + took their places. It was a chilly night with a light wind from the direction of the castle. Precisely at eleven a gun roared from the castle wall, two great searchlights shot across the sky into a great cross above the castle, a spot light was focussed on 5 trumpeters, who high on the battlements sounded a fanfare. As the echoes died away the floodlights all over the castle came on. The effect was breathtaking. The great shadowy mass suddenly came to life as something real + yet seemingly remote An especially brilliant light picked out the standard fluttering from the top of the highest parapet. All attention was on the castle as the

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