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MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE

γένοιτο δ’ ἂν πᾶν ἐν τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῷ.

Herodotus, V. 9.

MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE
BEING MEMOIRS OF THE YEARS 1915–1972
WRITTEN IN THE YEAR OF GRACE 1988
BY
OPAL, LADY PORSTOCK

EDITED BY

RONALD A. KNOX

McCLELLAND & STEWART

PUBLISHERS TORONTO

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

DEDICATED TO

LAURA, TOMMY, E.V., AND MAURICE

THE FIRST READERS OF THIS BOOK

AND, I FEAR,

ITS KINDEST CRITICS

MEMORIES OF THE FUTUREBEING MEMOIRS OF THE YEARS 1915–1972WRITTEN IN THE YEAR OF GRACE 1988BYOPAL, LADY PORSTOCK