Sat Jan 31.
The upshot of this exciting conversation was that after a chat with Brooks - who seemed quite bored with Jup - I was round to the house of that worthy. After waiting about 5 min he appeared in evening dress minus a collar, gave me no chance to get a word in edgeways and thus he spake:-
"Oh Findlay you cut me this morning. You know you ought to have told me. I had to send in a report you know and I can't spend time running around looking up men. You'd better go along now and get the cross taken off or you won't get any breakfast tomorrow! Good evening"
He asked for no reason, no excuses, no nothing. I wandered back to college and informed the Lodge and the kitchen that Mr. J.U.P. had graciously condescended to remove the undeserved stigma against my name. The result was that on
Sun Feb 1
I got mmy breakker nem. con.
After Chapel Davies asked me if I would mind going down to row in the spare four as they want a stroke side man to make up the four. I agreed to go. I spent the morning playing the Pianjoe and reading.
In the aft we went to Robinson's and did Yona, had tea and then came back and Piano'ed till Hall and then had
"Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate Greek speakers. Its equivalent in Sanskrit is the word "Yavana". "Yona" and "Yavana" are both transliterations of the Greek word for "Ionians" (Homer Iāones, older *Iāwones), who were probably the first Greeks to be known in the East.
Alternatively, could be Yona = Jonah.