new discoveries are always fun...some dedicated searching on the Trove site last week revealed that not only did my man Edward serve the church in his time in Melbourne, he was also a stalwart of the West Melbourne Mutual Improvement Society...so appropriate for someone who seems to have been a self-improver from the moment he was tossed into Bethlem Hospital.

I wonder how he kept a straight face during the talk on the topic of "Sham", though?