"'My dear one,' I said, 'you must not trouble over thesethings. There will be no war. Certainly there will be no war.The age of wars is past. Trust me to know the justice of thiscase. They have no right upon me, dearest, and no one has a rightupon me. I have been free to choose my life, and I have chosenthis.
The afternoon was full of transfiguringsunshine, children were playing noisily in the adjacent sandpit, someJudas trees were brightly abloom in the villa gardens that borderedthe Recreation... read more