'I wish there were no necessity for it.' 'But surely it is your one desire ?' the other replied in genuine surprise.
'Not to return to Oxford.

A few months ago it would have been, but this crisis in my life has changed me.

I don't think I shall adapt myself again to those conditions.

I want to work in a freer way.

I had a positive zeal even for examinations; now that seems tame--well, boyish.
I believe I have outgrown that stage; I feel a reluctance to go back to school.