Roman Camp,
Callander, N.B.
July 30, 1918.
My dear Admiral,
The pages are wonderful, because they are you.
Not a square inch of pose about them.
Tears! that was the result of reading what you have to say about King Edward. But do you recollect our talk with him on board the Royal Yacht about France and Germany? Surely that was worth recording.
I have kept many of his letters. They show him to have been one of the “cleverest” of men. He had never depended upon book-learning—why should he?
He read, not books—but men and women—and jolly good reading too!
But he knew everything that it was requisite a King should know—unless Learning prepares a man for action, it is not of much value in this work-a-day world: and no Sovereign since the Tudors was so brave and wise in action as this King!
Your anecdotes of him are splendid. Add to them all that you can remember.
It was a pleasure to be scolded by the King for the sake of the smile you subsequently got.