12/30 We talked about waking the country from its sleep." "And you gave me a phrase, Lady Chudley--'the Awakener of England.' It stuck. It crystallized all sorts of vague ambitions. I've never forgotten it for five consecutive minutes. But how can you remember a casual act of graciousness to an unimportant boy ?" "No boy who dreams of England's greatness is unimportant," she said. Your dreams are coming true--see, I don't forget!" "I owe you far more than you could possibly imagine," said Paul. |