Martha <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am with darling Mama at present <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The countryside is so white <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With snowdrops and bluebells everywhere <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Josie dragged me down with Cora <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her latest passion <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is a beautiful Greek girl and they make a handsome couple <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this short letter is not about us but a very funny review in the Indy <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It concerns Thomas Hardy who as you know died in 1928<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a great lover of cats and that one died indirectly because the great writers death <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was not like the gruesome practice of Sati but just because the cat was hungry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short when Hardy died it was decided to remove his heart and bury it in the family burial ground (odd country ways I suppose) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rest of him was was sent to Westminster Abbey by bus <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His heart was placed in a biscuit tin to keep it safe but a cat wanted a break from Felix and ate of it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This brings the Stephen Crane poem to mind ( badly copy & pasted for you)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly the cat paid for its greed as it was strangled by the village idiot <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inside the buried casket is a pissed off cat and inside the cat is Hardy’s heart <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You cannot make this up <\/p>\n\n\n\n
History does not mention the fate of the biscuit tin although you will probably find it at a boot fair if you look hard enough <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I am on the subject do you know that Joan of Arc’s heart was buried in Ash which is a small village in Kent not far from Sandwich<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will close now as the Bishop of Bath and Wells is due soon <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been trusted to be on my best behaviour as he thinks the world of me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Josie sends her love <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the desert<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who, squatting upon the ground,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Held his heart in his hands,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And ate of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I said, \u201cIs it good, friend?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is bitter\u2014bitter,\u201d he answered;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut I like it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause it is bitter,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd because it is my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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