Under cover of her silence he pressed her arm closely to his side; and, as they stood at the hotel door, he felt that they had escaped from their lives and duties, escaped from home and friends and run away together with wild and radiant hearts to a new adventure.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

You get a decent do at the Brazen Head

He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life

We were always loyal to lost causes...Success for us is the death of the intellect and of the imagination. ~ Professor MacHugh

Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.

Too excited to be genuinely happy