The roads are much worse than I thought

TCD MS 11274/68 folio 1 verso

TCD MS 11274/68 folio 1 verso

[1917]

deplorable machine or else very badly “tuned up” for either the engine makes 3000 revs per minute or none at all. The roads are much worse than I thought, practically worse than any of our old roads up yonder though we do not get the old grease like on the pavés. I don’t know that we have been very busy these last few days. It often seems to me we should be more busy than we are