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Dear Goldsbrough,

I have the suspicion that my last letter to you was unanswered but as I suppose you have now many more calls on your time than formerly you are already forgiven. Have you had the prevailing disease in Belfast yet? This past week has seen nearly all our people down with it, including myself. I got away on leave last month to see a specialist about my "tummy" which has got out of gear somehow. I saw an old Belfast man Sir Almroth Wright¹³⁵ , but he says that it would be a six month job to operate & diet me after so of course I had to decline his ministrations. However, he has done me a great deal of good by medicine although I spent most of my leave in bed.

Now that I have started to write to you I find that I have practically no news for you. I am still in the same place doing the same job but I think that I shall shortly be sent to another school as it is unusual for a man to remain in one place for so long.

What kind of a 12^th136 did you have this year? I see from the papers that you had about 20,000 in the procession. I would not have thought that there were so many men left now, but I suppose that the unsettled state of feeling has produced a reluctance to volunteer. What a mess of things the authorities have contrived to make! I hope that you continue to maintain your customary good health & that everyone at home keeps well. Please remember me to them & to any of our old colleagues who may be left.

With all good wishes,

Sincerely Yours,

T. Coulson