Monday, December 26, 2005

The Churchill Series - December 26, 2005

(One of a series of daily posts on the life of Winston S. Churchill.)

Just a short post tonight. Its been a long, happy, active day, and I'm tired.

It's early January, 1942 and Churchill is taking a few days rest in Florida. He walks down to the beach for an ocean swim. Other than a handful of aides, there are only a few people further down the beach.

At the waters edge, Churchill decides to take off his trunks. He tells his bodyguard, Scotland Yard Detective Walter Thompson:

"If they are that much interested, it is their own fault what they see."
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Tom Hickman, Churchill's Bodyguard. (p. 136)

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