Item 171 - Letter from Gordon Luce to R. C. Trevelyan

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100 Weston Rd, Gloucester. - Has written to the editor of the "Abinger Chronicle" to order the number containing Trevelyan's "Reminiscences" and something by E. M. Forster. Has been helping at the Gloucester Food Office for the last two months, writing identity cards and ration books: not profitable but he hopes useful, and he can do it with an easy conscience. Has taken one holiday of three days, cycling round the Cotswolds and comparing late Norman churches with Burmese temples. John has had his embarkation leave and left [for India]; he has a great 'βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ' [lit. ox on his tongue: Aeschylus, "Agamemnon" 35] and has become very introvert. Sandra thinks that active service will help, as it did Theo, though Luce is doubtful. Wonders how Julian [Trevelyan] reacted to active service; his job, however, was not killing his fellow men as John's is. Hopes Ursula is well: has meant to go to Winchcombe to see her Pottery, but it is rather far from Gloucester. Laments the bombing of Italy, and questions whether anything will be left of the Renaissance; fears the Byzantine churches of Palermo will be dust.