Tommy’s War: A First World War Diary 1913–1918. Andrew Marr
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Название: Tommy’s War: A First World War Diary 1913–1918
Автор: Andrew Marr
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Историческая литература
isbn: 9780007389414
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Saturday, 28 February
Doctor up in the forenoon. Thinks Tommy all right now except for his cold. He is not coming back ‘grâce à Dieu’.14 Went to the library in the afternoon. Pouring wet day. Tommy behaving like a little fiend. Agnes got a sore back and shoulders. She is having her doubts about the operation now. Extra melancholy.
Sunday, 1 March
Very wet day (of course). Tommy seems in better spirits. Poor Agnes in a state of collapse today. Took a walk around the ‘100 Acre Dyke’ after dinner.15 Agnes had to lie down for a little today.
Monday, 2 March
Cold, windy, wet day (again, of course). Wee man fine today. Did a little joiner work at night. Got my hair cut. Trout fishing begins today.
Tuesday, 3 March
Weather same as yesterday, only worse. Agnes washed the stairs. Tommy’s neck seems to have more joints in it now.
Thursday, 5 March
Weather beastly, heavy rain, the quintessence of cussedness. Tommy quite well now.
Tuesday, 10 March
Chased a mouse in the scullery last night, but caught it not.16
Wednesday, 11 March
Agnes very ill during the night and not at all well today.
Thursday, 12 March
Agnes in the wash-house in the afternoon.17
Saturday, 14 March
Agnes very ill at night, sick and vomiting and wild sort of pains inside. Am greatly alarmed.
Sunday, 15 March
Agnes very ill during the night and vomited a lot. It is the bile. Feeling a little better during the day. Jenny Roxburgh here about 2 p.m.18 She brought Agnes a nice white shawl. Jenny left about 8.30 p.m. and I saw her on to a Dalmuir car at Glasgow Cross.19
Wednesday, 18 March
Agnes in good form today. She broke the teapot and broke a bowl at night when she was baking, and spilled treacle all over the carpet. Glad I didn’t do it.
Sunday, 22 March
A very nice day. Tommy got a bad cold and Agnes got a very sore head. Before dinner I took a long walk. Pollokshaws, Cowglen Road and Crookston. Took the car back from there as I was late.
Monday, 23 March
We got no sleep all last night. The wee man saw to that. He complained of a sore head, a sore tooth, a sore belly, a sore ear, a sore knee.
Saturday, 28 March
Slave trade abolished 1807. I entered into bondage 10/6/10.
Sunday, 29 March
All of us at Clydebank, nestling in the bosom of the Roxburgh family.
Tuesday, 31 March
Nannie Henderson here in the forenoon, saying goodbye as she is going to Australia.20 I did not see her, so I shed tears (je ne pense pas).21
Wednesday, 1 April
Agnes has got a very sore head. I have got a most cussed cold in my head. I want to kill somebody.
Saturday, 4 April
This is the ‘International’, so in the afternoon I took the wife and family to the vicinity of Mount Florida and watched the folk coming away from the match.22 I counted about three million of them. England 1, Scotland 3.23
Friday, 10 April
Cleaned all the windows tonight, and Agnes polished the marble staircase.
Saturday, 11 April
Dull sort of day. Coldish. Took Agnes and Tommy in the afternoon to see the Barrows and then we went to Bow’s and bought a new pot (2/3).
Monday, 13 April
This is the spring holiday, so it rained and it rained and it stormed. John came about 10 a.m. to take me a walk of about 30 miles.24 Being quite ‘compos mentis’ I firmly but gently declined.25
Wednesday, 15 April
Agnes cleaned out the room and we rearranged the furniture and shifted the piano to make folk think we had a lot of new stuff.
Thursday, 16 April
Agnes at Ibrox and then at Kingston Halls with the Gordons to a ‘Kinderspiel’.26 She got home 11 p.m.
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