12/82 A week afterwards came an answer--brief, and dated Baden-Baden. "I know I have been a great brute," Roderick wrote, "not to have sent you a word before; but really I don't know what has got into me. I have lately learned terribly well how to be idle. I am afraid to think how long it is since I wrote to my mother or to Mary. It seems all amusing enough while I do it, but it would make a poor show in a narrative intended for your formidable eyes. |