One must choose a corner and cultivate that." "That's what I think.

And one must choose as good a corner as possible.
I had no idea, all winter, while I read your delightful letters, that you were choosing.

You said nothing about it, and your silence put me off my guard." "It was not a matter I was likely to write to you about.

Besides, I knew nothing of the future.

It has all come lately.