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View of ScrpBk1_20_verso: second page of typescript letter, dated 10 January 1908, from Georges Destrubé to his sister, Sylvie.

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  • [start page] 2 to go, for they insisted a good deal & some of them stopped to argue matters, but we sent them all to the... One of them seemed particularly eager & seeing that he could not win us over by civil persuasion, resorted to making fun of us and he cried out as he started his horse off again "Don't let 'em fall off the edge into the water 'cause them....great htings won't float, I know!" and he ended up this friendly piece of advice with roars od (sic) derisive laughter, while another cabman equally anxious to oblige, was offering to lend me 2d. to get "alf (sic) a pint" to get my "back up" for the task. Both these remarks were greeted with roars of laughter from the other passing cabs & for a moment the gloom round London Bridge echoed with their screams. Of course Paul & I did not care half a trouser-button and although we appeared not to notice their merriment, yet we chuckled inwardly as hard as we could go. So we shouldered our load & started off once more to complete our journey during which time, I encouraged Paul on by suggesting to him how very much worse it would have been, had we had to haul them all the way from Harrow. He evidently seized the logic, justice of what I said, for I heard a deep grunt come from underneath the basket. Here are the details of a part of our journey but I see that your request has carried me too far & will threaten you if I continue, with an over-weighted letter; will therefore pull up sharp. Best of love to you & all (signed) Georges. P.S. So I have written this letter as I had promised, that is to say, the day after I sent you many p.c. Wonderful is it not? I remember when on looking through the "Salad Bowl" (which at home is used for "vide poche") at Xmas, I caught sight of these words on a P.C. "Will write to-morrow without fail"! There was no need to examine the handwriting nor to enquire whether the writer did write the next day. But I have been up to the mark this time, though I think that, even now, I shall not be able to post it. - have no stamps! Yours (signed) Georges.
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