12

vises and anvils.
Short arm inspection this
noon. Poor [deletion] got [cough?]
and has gone to the hos-
pital. I felt sure that
he had the g. before.
I suppose it will mean a
court martial. We were
going to hear [Faust?] at
the Opera tonight.
We all feel low
Spat & Jimmy staid
home on sick call - as
they did yesterday.

Sun Dec 16

Missed the [camian?]
this morning for Clichy
& put in a sick call
as best way to get
out of it! Embusqui!