them--just one fishing boat, going slowly, and drawing the wind after
it. I am going to bathe.
6 O'CLOCK.
Bathed and have seen a Chalet here which I wish to take for the
season--quite charming--a splendid view: a large writing room, a dining
room, and three lovely bedrooms--besides servants' rooms and also a huge
balcony.
[In this blank space he had I don't know the scale
roughly drawn a ground plan of the drawing, but the
of the imagined Chalet.] rooms are larger than
the plan is.
1. Salle-a-manger. All on ground floor
2. Salon. with steps from balcony
3. Balcony. to ground.
The rent for the season or year is, what do you think?--L32.
Of course I must have it: I will take my meals here--separate and
reserved table: it is within two minutes walk. Do tell me to take it.
When you come again your room will be waiting for you. All I need is a
domestique. The people here are most kind.
I made my pilgrimage--the interior of the Chapel is of course a modern
horror--but there is a black image of Notre Dame de Liesse--the chapel
is as tiny as an undergraduate's room at Oxford. I hope to get the Cure
to celebrate Mass in it soon; as a rule the service is only held there
in July and August; but I want to see a Mass quite close.
There is also another thing I must write to you about.
I adore this place. The whole country is lovely, and full of forest and
deep meadow. It is simple and healthy. If I live in Paris I may be
doomed to things I don't desire. I am afraid of big towns. Here I get up
at 7.30. I am happy all day. I go to bed at 10. I am frightened of
Paris. I want to live here.
I have seen the "terrain." It is the best here, and the only one left. I
must build a house. If I could build a chalet for 12,000
francs--L500--and live in a home of my own, how happy I would be. I must
raise the money somehow. It would give me a home, quiet, retired,
healthy, and near England. If I live in Egypt I know what my life would
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