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Conger Reynolds correspondence, April 1918
1918-04-08 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 2
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three lieutenants who now are left in our office. At dinner tonight we had a British correspondent - so the three great allies were represented. The Britisher was as much like the caricatured sort as I ever hope to see. He had a keen sense of humor, - well rawther - so much so that he told us a funny story. We were talking about the food regulations in England. "You know a chap was having a bit of a dinnah in Lunnon," he said, "when the waitah brought him his meat he leaned across the table and said to the man opposite, 'Aye sye, old man, don't sneeze, or you'll blow my meat on the floah!" Haw-haw-haw. A jolly remahk, wasn't it? But I must concede he had a lot of information and great facility in asking questions to get more. I suppose one reason you had not heard from Mrs. Sanborn was that she had been waiting for a chance to transmit some word from me about plans. I didn't write to them until two or three weeks ago. And if the Mrs. shouldn't write at all she would only be showing the same disposition that her husband has. There is no doubt he's very fond of me, but he never does write to me - almost never. If you haven't heard from them, do as you like about writing. Possibly it would hardly be worth while. Some day you'll meet them, and the meeting will be just as agreeable, I feel sure, whether
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three lieutenants who now are left in our office. At dinner tonight we had a British correspondent - so the three great allies were represented. The Britisher was as much like the caricatured sort as I ever hope to see. He had a keen sense of humor, - well rawther - so much so that he told us a funny story. We were talking about the food regulations in England. "You know a chap was having a bit of a dinnah in Lunnon," he said, "when the waitah brought him his meat he leaned across the table and said to the man opposite, 'Aye sye, old man, don't sneeze, or you'll blow my meat on the floah!" Haw-haw-haw. A jolly remahk, wasn't it? But I must concede he had a lot of information and great facility in asking questions to get more. I suppose one reason you had not heard from Mrs. Sanborn was that she had been waiting for a chance to transmit some word from me about plans. I didn't write to them until two or three weeks ago. And if the Mrs. shouldn't write at all she would only be showing the same disposition that her husband has. There is no doubt he's very fond of me, but he never does write to me - almost never. If you haven't heard from them, do as you like about writing. Possibly it would hardly be worth while. Some day you'll meet them, and the meeting will be just as agreeable, I feel sure, whether
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