A few days later Baring told me that he had spoken to "Boom" and told him how much I admired his head.
"Boom" replied: "Damned if he showed it in his painting." And yet he was worshipped by all the flying boys.
About this time I had sent from England Maurice Baring's "In Memoriam" to Lord Lucas.

It made a tremendous impression on me then, and still does.

I think it is one of the greatest poems ever written, and by far the greatest work of art the war has produced.
Baring took me out for a great day round the aerodromes.

We visited several and lunched with a Wing-Commander, Colonel Freeman, who was most kind, a great lover of books, a lot of which Maurice used to supply him with.

After this, we visited a squadron where there was to (p.