He was ever a good and true friend, and took a deep interest in his men.

But the immediate effect of his departure, as far as I was concerned, was to remove out of my life the hideous spectre of No.

2 General Hospital, and to give me absolute liberty in wandering through the trenches.

In fact, as I told him sometime afterwards, I was beginning a little poem, the first line of which was "I never knew what freedom meant until he went away." One day, General Seely invited me to go and stay with him at his (p.

098) Headquarters in Westhof Farm where I had a most delightful time.
Not only was the General a most entertaining host, but his staff were very charming.