_To Harold Nicolson_

XIV TWO TAXI DRIVES 147
_To Paul Morand_
I: SUNSHINE
II: LAMPS

XV A TOUCH OF SPRING 155
_To W.Y. Turner_

XVI FIDO AND PONTO 161




BALLOONS




I

HAVEN

[_To CLARENCE DAY, JR._]


"You should only," we are told, "wear white in early youth and old age.
It is very becoming with a fresh complexion or white hair. When you no
longer feel as young as you were, other colours are more flattering.