‘Ha, ha!’ said my husband, waving the Spectator letters page in the air. ‘Ha, ha, ha!’
He was overcome by the news that I had mistakenly said MCC stood for Middlesex Cricket Club instead of Marylebone Cricket Club. I did not point out that he had read the column before it was sent in and said nothing at the time.
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