Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Quote

A very weak-minded fellow I am afraid, and, like the feather pillow, bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him!

Describing the 17th Earl of Derby

letter to Lady Haig, 14 January 1918; in R. Blake Private Papers of Douglas Haig (1952) ch. 16


A very weak-minded fellow I am afraid, and, like the feather pillow, bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him!

A very weak-minded fellow I am afraid, and, like the feather pillow, bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him!

A very weak-minded fellow I am afraid, and, like the feather pillow, bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him!

A very weak-minded fellow I am afraid, and, like the feather pillow, bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him!