I told him I had heard you intended returning to Jerusalem for Easter, and I supposed we might expect you home at the end of April or early in May.

He inquired how you were.

I replied that you were not a good correspondent, but I gathered from occasional cables and post-cards that you were very fit and having a good time.

I then volunteered the statement that it was I who had sent you abroad because you were going all to pieces.

He made a quick movement with his hand as if he would have struck me for using the expression.