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- 2 May 1929 (Production)
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(With an envelope.)
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Trinity College | Cambridge
2 May 1929
My dear Gerald,
I was glad to have your letter of Jan. 28, with your photograph, which however made you look rather thin; though I suppose that is the right condition for a hunter, and perhaps for a geologist.
My godfather has died at the age of 88, so you must expect to lose me in 18 years’ time.
I expected to see Rupert last term, as he was coming up to a College Feast for men of his period; but just on the eve of it the Master of the College went and died {1}, so it had to be put off, I suppose till next year.
The Times has been printing snapshots of lions in the jungle. In one of them they were eating something, and I feared it might be you, but it was more like a zebra.
I am glad we may expect to see you back in England in the summer. I expect to be away from here most of July, but in residence most of August.
Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.
[Direction on envelope:] Gerald Jackson Esq. | R.C.B.C. Ltd. | N’Changa | Via N’Dola | N. Rhodesia | South Africa
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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge at 7.15 p.m. on 2 May and at Ndola, N.W. Rhodesia, on 25 May.
{1} William Mollison, the Master of Clare College, died on 10 March.