Friday, 3 March, 1916

Lovely fine clear day after another fall of
snow which I hope has cleared the air of it
for good. All up for early Mass. No letters
of interest. I went to inspect at Temple Hill
at 11.30. The men had all been enjoying
making a fine snowman. There was
nothing to criticise. Our friend Quinn was
getting a splendid polish on the stairs, we
afterwards found him polish [sic: polishing] Matron’s boots
with a broad grin on his face. Later I met
Ethel at lunch at Mitchells & afterward
went with her to King George’s Hospital
to see Pte Purtell 6th Dublins. We were
very interested in his account of your time
in Serbia, he seemed to remember you
well & had heard from another private
of the 6th Dublin that you had been
wounded & taken prisoner. He himself
was not in that engagement having had
to leave with frostbite previously.
He was a very pleasant man to talk to
we asked him to come to see us at Green‑
Bank & left him some cigarettes.