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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
·
W. N. P. Barbellion
248
October
20.
Better
to-day.
After
much
persuasion,
I
have
got
E----
to
let
the
flat
so
that
we
can
get
away
into
the
country
outside
the
Zeppelin
zone.
October
24.
Back
in
London
again.
Am
better,
bolstered
up
with
arsenic
and
strychnine.
Too
nervously
excited
to
do
any
work.
October
25.
The
letting
of
our
flat
is
now
in
the
hands
of
an
agent,
and
E----,
poor
dear,
is
quite
resigned
to
abandoning
all
her
precious
wallpapers,
etc.
November
7.
The
flat
is
let
and
we
are
now
living
in
rooms
at
----,
20
miles
out
of
London,
to
the
Westward.
November
8.
It
is
a
great
relief
to
be
down
in
the
country.
Zeppelins
terrify
me.
Have
just
had
a
delightful
experience
in
reading
Conrad's
new
book,
Victory--a
welcome
relief
from
all
the
tension
of
the
past
two
months.
To
outward
view,
I
have
been
merely
a
youth
getting
married,
catching
the
'flu
and
giving
up
a
London
flat.
Inwardly,
I
have
been
whizzing
around
like
a
Catherine
Wheel.
Consider
the
items:
Concussion
of
the
spine.
Resulting
paralysis
of
left
leg
ten
days
before
marriage.
Zeppelin
raid
(heard
a
cannon
go
off
for
the
first
time).
Severe
cold
in
the
head
day
before
marriage
(and
therefore
wild
anxiety).
Successful
marriage
with
abatement
of
cold.
Return
to
our
home.
Ten
days
later,
down
with
influenza.
A
second
Zeppelin
raid.
Bad
heart
attack.
Then
flat
sub-let
and
London
evacuated.
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