24/79 We seem to be all living more or less on other people, all immensely 'beholden.' You can easily say of course that I'm worst of all. The children and their people, at Bognor, are in borrowed quarters--mother got them lent her--as to which, no doubt, I'm perfectly aware that I ought to be there sharing them, taking care of my little brother and sister, instead of sitting here at Mr.Longdon's expense to expose everything and criticise. Father and mother, in Scotland, are on a grand campaign. Say you've lent Harold only five shillings," she went on. |