And we have fallen into pleasant places by way of lodgings here, our friends having prepared a list to choose from, so that I had only to drop out of the hotel into bright sunny rooms, which do not cost too much on account of the comparative desertion of this holy city this year.

We arrived on December 3, and here it is nearly January 1--almost a month.

The older one grows the faster time passes.

Do you observe that?
You catch the wind of the wheels in your face, it seems, as you get nearer the end.

I observe it strongly.
Let me say of myself first that I am particularly well, and feel much more sure and steady than since my illness.