When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.

When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.

A dreamer, I walked enchanted, and nothing held me back.

A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work.

I felt rather exhausted, and wondered, rather shocked at my callous thought, why old people were sometimes such a strain. Worse than young children or puppies because one had to be polite.

Because I want to; because I must; because now and forever more this is where I belong to be.

What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when he dropped the telephone at the end of the book? I don't really know, but I rather think he was going to be paralysed for life. Don't you?