Of course it was easy to keep abreast of affairs back home as the railways ensured that we recieved mail and newspapers within days, the real problem lay in finding someone to read them to me over dinner, this was particularly problematic at dinner parties when the reader would have to whisper in my ear whilst seated behind me. Old Shackerly Bennet from the Royal Artillery had his batman shout the news to him as he was as deaf as a post!!
The Colonel
Shackerlys' wife went mad in the end and threw herself off a railway bridge, unfortunately she hit a fisherman on the way down.
ReplyDelete