Nearly the whole of my first married life was spent in it.

And much of the literary work of my life has been done in it.
[Footnote 1: "Stanzone" is the term used in Tuscany to signify the buildings destined to shelter the "Agrumi," as the orange and lemon plants are called generically, in the winter; which in Florence is too severe to permit of their being left in the open air.] I used in those days, and for very many years afterwards, to do all my writing standing; and I strongly recommend the practice to brother quill-drivers.

Pauses, often considerable intervals, occur for thought while the pen is in the hand.

And if one is seated at a table, one remains sitting during these intervals.

But if one is standing, it becomes natural to one, during even a small pause, to take a turn up and down the room, or even, as I often used to do, in the garden.