J.B.
Priestley again wrote to his family. He assured them that he was himself feeling
rather better after his recent bout of illness (see 11th November).
However, he remained contemptuous of the doctor he had seen, referring to him
as “an ass”, who prescribed only “medicine and duty” and referred to the death
of one recruit who had died just hours are having seen the doctor and being
sent back to duty.
He also
relayed information which he had received from ‘a reliable source’ that the
Battalion would move on Wednesday (18th November) to Oudenarde Barracks at
Aldershot. He reiterated his belief that he would be home on leave before the
end of the year; “I feel sure we shall get leave at Christmas or New Year, and
I shall come home, of course”.
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