The conference had to start without him whilst a search was being made, and it was interrupted by the appearance of a corporal, who came in and said to the C.-in-C. ‘Excuse me, Sir, but we’ve found the Deputy C.-in-C. He’s up a tree, and we can’t get him down!’ Yet another of his interests were moths, and he had happened to spot an unusual moth high up a tree which he proceeded to climb, only to find that it was beginning to sway under his considerable weight, and he dared not climb any further. But neither could he see his way down again. It took quite an effort to retrieve him.
