Stevens 1894-05-23

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Showery. Attended B.C.S. meeting at Mr Gepp’s, Old Manor House Adderbury West. Mr Ramsay accompanied me. Mr Gepp has let his Vicarage for a time. In the dining room of the old manor house there was an old chimney corner etc with a sentence painted in Hebrew characters in the centre and furious nondescripts on either side. The sentence was

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I gave Mr Gepp my annual subscription £1 1s. to the Clergy Widow and Orphans fund. Mr Goodwin took my bridle and left me his. My boy Hyde discovered the mistake as soon as I brought the mare in. Visited Misses Dix.