epigrammatic, and the result is like watching a rook trying
to build a nest in a gale. Since he got wind of the book,
he's been persecuting me to work in something of his about
the Russians and the Yalu Peril, and is quite sulky because I
won't do it."

"Altogether, I think it would be rather a brilliant
inspiration if you were to suggest a fortnight in Paris."