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carriage, on the Farnborough road. We wanted to 

 catch the train for Reading. I said to the coachman, 

 " How long will it take to get to the station ? " 

 " Eight minutes," he said. So off we started ; no 

 time for refreshments. One of Colonel Sprot's little 

 girls, Mabel, ran out and gave us a handful of bananas. 

 We met Hargreaves, late I3th Hussars, and his wife 

 in the train. Got to Reading, and back to Beenham 

 about 12.30. 



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