But he wouldn't listen to that sort of thing; he cast it out of his mind and resolved to go ahead resolutely along the course he had mapped out for himself.
Extracts from his diary: Have now spent several days in this singular hive.

I don't know quite what to make out of these people.

They have merits and virtues, but they have some other qualities, and some ways that are hard to get along with.
I can't enjoy them.

The moment I appeared in a hat of the period, I noticed a change.

The respect which had been paid me before, passed suddenly away, and the people became friendly--more than that--they became familiar, and I'm not used to familiarity, and can't take to it right off; I find that out.