Page 9 CHAPTER ONEvein of humour'; there were passages in it which
The Times itself could describe as `not unamusintr'; but Reginald
had fallen too much in love with his characters, even before the
frost had killed his dahlias, to leave them with no deeper roots
than this. They had become living, emotional people to him; so
much so, indeed, that at times the inter-play of emotion between
them would land him into scenes rightly adjudged by the Saturday
Review as `not without pathos', and by the Morning Post as `not
lacking in a certain pleasing sentiment'. But, of course, Reginald
did not know about this until later. Through the autumn and winter
he was merely telling himself that it was `not bad'. It is curious
how easi-ly aa book comes to be described in terms of the things
which it isn't. |
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