"It is my misfortune, for I will not allow it is my fault.

In many things I am not a coward.
I think I could face any danger if the danger were a silent one, but I cannot stand noise.

The report of a gun makes me tremble all over, even when it is a blank cartridge that is fired.

When I was born my father was in India.

A short time before I came into the world my mother had a great fright.