CHAPTER I 



IN SEARCH OF REST AND QUIET, 1906 



IN a quiet corner Extensive views The Golden Valley 

 Motor accident to a royal Duke A jolly young 

 farmer "half seas over" Churchyard of a health- 

 ful parish My headquarters A perfect Arcadia 

 Disillusion A disreputable old woman Salmon in 

 the Wye My first fishing Small adventures by the 

 river. 



FIKE : A terrible thing has happened Fine old mansion 

 said to be afire I visit the scene Mansion safe 

 French barn blazing A grand sight. 



OVER THE BLACK MOUNTAINS: Llanthony Abbey- 

 Descent from the mountains Narrow lane Meet 

 wagonette coming up Driver won't go back We 

 couldn't Awkward dilemma Father Ignatius and his 

 new monastery Return over the mountain by star- 

 light. 



THESE two little words represent exactly what 

 I had been dreaming of for some weeks. I 

 said I will go far away to some " green retreat," 

 where the madding crowds of a great city are 

 for ever unheard, and where motor-cars have 

 not yet penetrated, and here I am, in a quiet 





