FAREWELL TO CLAYGATE 99 



the long walk, wondering, pondering, fearing, 

 scheming, and the dusty jolting railway, and the 

 horrid fusty office with its endless disappointments, 

 they are well gone. It is well enough to fight and 

 scheme and bustle about in the eager crowd here 

 [in London] for a while now and then, but not for 

 a lifetime. What I have now is just perfect. 

 Study for winter, action for summer, lovely country 

 for recreation, a pleasant town for talk. . . .' 



