. The book of months . ■■■>;■.{ *«A$! -A--^^ THE BOOK OF MONTHS your household comprises only a plain (veryplain) cook, and what would be called in Lon-don a general—though such have no idea ofcampaign—it will appeal to the minority toknow that the question of what one wanted forten days at Baireuth and perhaps a weeks wan-dering in Germany was crucial. It was no usesaying, vaguely—as I suppose one does to avalet— I shall be away for ten days; pack,but seriatim I had to think of all that I shouldconceivably want. The result was that early onthe second day I found that I had packed awaythe n
. The book of months . ■■■>;■.{ *«A$! -A--^^ THE BOOK OF MONTHS your household comprises only a plain (veryplain) cook, and what would be called in Lon-don a general—though such have no idea ofcampaign—it will appeal to the minority toknow that the question of what one wanted forten days at Baireuth and perhaps a weeks wan-dering in Germany was crucial. It was no usesaying, vaguely—as I suppose one does to avalet— I shall be away for ten days; pack,but seriatim I had to think of all that I shouldconceivably want. The result was that early onthe second day I found that I had packed awaythe necessaries of life and had to unpack themall again. This and the subsequent repackingtook the whole of the third day. Even then,since I had to leave at cock-crow to catch theevening boat to Ostend, there were many thingsinsoluble. Were there baths at Baireuth, orshould I take an india-rubber bath? Werethere washerwomen, or should I take as muchlinen as there were days? Seigneur, quelle vie!186 ■i:S-;. AUGUST Now, though I regret these pin-points of inde-cision, yet I defend them. For if one is goingabroad for six months, all that is necessary to dois to put out every stitch and button you haveon your bed to take with you and the grandportmanteaus advance. But for ten days or afortnight surely such equipment is beyond themark. Therefore one has to select. Here comesin the curse of an imaginative mind. One caneasily picture circumstances, even in the courseof ten days, in which one will want each singlesuit of clothes one possesses. For instance,there may quite easily be a cold spell of weather,and therefore it is necessary to take one suit ofthick clothes, also to be worn on the night jour-ney. But supposing one gets caught duringthis cold spell by a sudden storm? The coldspell continues, but the thick clothes are one must take two suits of thickclothes. However, warm weather is more likely,and there must be at least two suits of flannels187 tea
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