Chapter 48

           ThatsameSundayeveningIthrewawaythethreadintheenvelope;andIcomposedletterstoMrs.HolmesatCerneAbbas,toMr.P.J.Fearn,andtheheadmistressofthegrammarschool.InthefirstIexplainedthatIhadmetJulieandJuneinconnectionwiththeirfilm;thatthelocalvillageschoolmasterhadaskedmetofindaruralschoolinEnglandthatwouldprovide"penpals";andthatthetwogirlshadsuggestedthatIshouldwritetotheirmotherandaskhertoputmeintouchwiththeprimaryschoolatCerneAbbasandassoonaspossible,asourtermwasendingshortly.InthesecondIsaidthatIwantedtoopenanaccountandthatIhadbeenrecommendedbytwocustomersatthebranch.InthethirdIgavemyselftheprincipalshipofalanguageschoolopeningintheautumninAthens;aMissJulieHolmeshadappliedforapost.OnMondayIreadthedraftsthrough,alteredawordortwo,thenwrotethefirsttwoinlonghandandlaboriouslytypedthelastinthebursar’soffice,wheretherewasanancientEnglish-charactermachine.Iknewthethirdletterwasabitfar-fetched;filmstarsdonotnormallybecomedown-and-outteachersabroad.Butanysortofreplywouldserve.Andthen,decidingImightaswellbehungforasuspicioussheepasforasuspiciouslamb,Iwrotetwomoreletters,onetotheTavistockRep…andanothertoGirton,atCambridge.Ipostedthosefiveletters;andwiththemonetoLeverrier.IhadhalfhopedthattheremightbealetterwaitingformefromMitford.

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