Jan 19 Thursday

Alan & Beryl & Dorothy went with Montague to St Malo & said goodbye (also[RG] to get a block of Cuban mahogany from the Customs which had been held there on suspicion of its containing drugs) while Mlle [Madmoiselle] Perou & I stopped off at Dinant (Market day; sun; everything very charming) & ate at Hotel Marguerite. Saw S.Sauveur's church1 (better outside than in) & a queer assortment of people walking around it: the relatives of the inmates of the local Lunatic Asylum. To Mr Henry Elliott an Englishman of 78 who only talked French in the Rue Pasteur. He is a 'Maître-Masseur'2 with a large clientele. He clicked back two tendons for me: knee & small of back. Charged 20 fr [francs]: I gave him 50 fr [francs].

Editorial Notes

1Saint Sauveur eds.
2Master masseur eds.