“He & Bessie had a discussion about conversion & original sin, which he doesn’t believe in, though he seems very religious, & he treated her exactly as an equal, which very few middle aged men would do, offering to her almost with diffidence, Aubrey was kind of neutral. He & E.G. & I went to a sort of little informal evening meeting at a Friend’s house in the neighbourhood then, & the conversion argument was continued most of the way. When A. & I came back we found Mrs Harding & her little Mrs Glynn was there, & walked home with me, talking of the suppression of the Sinn Fein papers.”
WEEK 63: (16th – 22nd December 1918)
“They said Redmond was having the Mall beeswaxed for a dance in honour of his victory, & that Nolan of Patrick St had a contract to paint the sky. Angela Quinn is back again with her hair up. We made tentative arrangements about classes.”
WEEK 52: (23rd – 29th September 1918)
“She talked a lot about conscientious objections & their sufferings too. I went with her to the meeting house door to show her the way. & T. came to dinner. There was a general meeting at the club a.t. to choose delegates for the Convention, & they chose Butler, J. Connolly & me. “
WEEK 51: (16th – 21st September 1918)
“There was a committee at the Club, and most of the evening was occupied with an intention they have of providing a brass band for the next election. It will cost upwards of £100, but it seems to be considered very necessary.”