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P. S.  I enclose two original poems by Nick and Archie. They refer to a bit of unhappy advice I gave them, because of which I fell into richly merited disgrace with Mother. P S I ENCLOSED TWO ORIGINAL POEMS BY NICK AND ARCHY THEY REFER TO A BIT OF UNHAPPY ADVICE I GAVE THEM BECAUSE OF WHICH I FELL INTO RICHLY MERITED DISGRACE WITH MOTHER
ught of it myself; and of course when one does not do what one ought to, the excuse that one erred from thoughtlessness instead of wrong purpose is of small avail. The police arrangements at the church were exasperating to a degree. There were fully five hundred policemen in the streets round about, just as if there was danger of an attack by a ferocious mob; and yet though they had throngs of policemen inside, too, an elderly and harmless crank actually got inside with them to present me some foolish memorial about curing the German Emperor from cancer. Inasmuch as what we needed was, not protection against a mob, but a sharp lookout for cranks, the arrangement ought by rights to have been for fifty policemen outside and two or three good detectives inside. I felt like a fool with all the policemen in solemn and purposeless lines around about; and then I felt half exasperated and half amused when I found that they were utterly helpless to prevent a crank from getting inside after all.  NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT MYSELF AND OF COURSE WHEN ONE DOES NOT DO WHAT ONE OUGHT TO THE EXCUSE THAT ONE AIRED FROM THOUGHTLESSNESS INSTEAD OF WRONG PURPOSE IS OF SMALL AVAIL THE POLICE ARRANGEMENTS AT THE CHURCH WERE EXASPERATING TO A DEGREE THERE WERE FULLY FIVE HUNDRED POLICEMEN IN THE STREETS ROUND ABOUT JUST AS IF THERE WAS DANGER OF AN ATTACK BY A FEROCIOUS MOB AND YET THOUGH THEY HAD THRONGS OF POLICEMEN INSIDE TOO AN ELDERLY AND HARMLESS CRANK ACTUALLY GOT INSIDE WITH THEM TO PRESENT ME SOME FOOLISH MEMORIAL ABOUT CURING THE GERMAN EMPEROR FROM CANCER INASMUCH AS WHAT WE NEEDED WAS NOT PROTECTION AGAINST A MOB BUT A SHARP LOOKOUT FOR CRANKS THE ARRANGEMENT OUGHT BY RIGHTS TO HAVE BEEN FOR FIFTY POLICEMEN OUTSIDE AND TWO OR THREE GOOD DETECTIVES INSIDE I FELT LIKE A FOOL WITH ALL THE POLICEMEN IN SOLEMN AND PURPOSELESS LINES AROUND ABOUT AND THEN I FELT HALF EXASPERATED AND HALF AMUSED WHEN I FOUND THAT THEY WERE UTTERLY HELPLESS TO PREVENT A CRANK FROM GETTING INSIDE AFTER ALL
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