Tuesday, October 20, 1914

Cloudy

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #185Time not recorded
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It was really a piece of heavenly luck . . . to have had 3 whole days with you . . . I go back in thought, & often shall, to those delicious hours when we read together.

Asquith reflects on a recent visit to Alderley, reading Plato, and immortality.

Mentioned:Mikky • Lord Shuttleworth

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration8/10
Political Unburdening1/10
Emotional Desolation4/10

Thematic Tags

Alderley visitPoetryPlato (Phaedo)Immortality
In-Person Meetingⓘ
H.H. Asquith
Trainⓘ
HIS DAYTravelling from Alderley. Reading Plato.
Venetia Stanley
Alderleyⓘ
HER DAYTraveling (inferred)

Official Register

1914-10-20

Top News

Daily Edition

The British merchant steamer *Glitra* is scuttled by a German submarine, the first merchant ship sunk by a U-boat,. British and French colonial troops begin the assault on Edéa in German Cameroon. The German army breaks through at Ennetières during the Battle of Armentières.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Henry slept well. I sent for Carson... [He] came, and was charming—very amusing, and full of kindness, even affection, for Henry."

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"Ernie Swinton has described the beginning on October 20th 1914, when he came to my room at the C.I.D. and spoke of the stalemate on the western front... he reminded me of the Holt Caterpillar tractor"