He is glad to hear of Herbert in Italy, away from annoyance and contention. "God defend us" from
R. MacDonald,
Morel, Vernon Lea,
Ponsonby and
Trevelyan, they are "silly if not wicked" and deserve to be behind barbed wire, they would hand Europe to the Germans.
They have had a family gathering,
E has been seedy and should not let his nerves get to him. He has confidence in the Italians and adumbrates their racial characteristics.