p.

2.

the officers & lecture them too - & generally carry
on & behave as though we may be ordered to
some front any time. But I know very well -
& I'm sure the men do too, that our next
move will be back to guarding some Depots
or prisoners of war. Its therefore not easy
to maintain everyone's enthusiasm. But, I have
to do my best & so I cannot organise my
life into a quiet & private one of reading &
writing to you.

But today I did. I sent all the officers on
week end leave, except Solamon & Ben. Not
because they deserved it, but I just could
not bear to see them around any more. And
today, being Sunday, I arose late, did very
little work - & read "God in a World at War"
which I managed to buy the other day, so I
hope you have not sent it to me.

I found it very interesting, & constructive &
convincing - & he had many sensible things to say
quite apart from God. There is no doubt that
the Archbishops, & the Bishops, & the clergy in
general, are miles out of date, & what is worse,
completely unimaginative & silly, & mostly quite
dishonest & selfish & small & insincere - [&]