“_They tell me I have had some sort of a fit, but it has passed now. Apparently my father was liable to them, so that anyway I have one behind me after this. But it is so divine to be in London again near to you, and with the sun shining down on me as I lie in bed as if it had never shone before, while underneath, in the street, the traffic glides past in busy vibrations, I am so happy to be in the centre of things again, and to be alive. How stimulating a town is--but perhaps you think me silly. You have led such a different life to mine, I hardly know what you think or feel. Come around and look me up again, you know how I love talking. I have had a wonderful experience. I am going to settle down to writing now, I have a lot to tell. Mamma read me your article in the “New World” and it was wonderful--really, I mean, for that is not flattery. Why am I so happy to-day?_ “_Yrs.,_ “_John._” THE END Transcriber’s Note This transcription is based on images made available by the University of California and Google: books.google.com/books?id=0gMFAQAAIAAJ These scans are also available through the HathiTrust Digital Library: hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4095579 The following changes were made to the printed text: • p. 7: The Vounteers’ Camp and all its attendant horrors--Changed “Vounteers” to “Volunteers”. • p. 46: oh, well, we musn’t argue.--Changed “musn’t” to “mustn’t”. • p. 48: “Dear boy, we must be practical. It may take a--a very long time indeed.--Added a closing double quotation mark after “indeed.” • p. 61: the miracle that anything could be so beautiful never to see a bird again--Added a comma after “beautiful”. • p. 79: Were there any blind boys in Norbury of his own, nice boys whom--Added “age” after “of his own”. • p. 87: Mrs. Crayshaw would not be be able to do any visiting--Deleted the second “be”. • p. 102: “Thanks, Nan, I’m sure I do.”--Added a paragraph break before this sentence. • p. 113: All over at the contact her hands he trembled--Added “of” after “contact”. • p. 123: he ought to take a a pride in the hatred of the world.--Deleted the second “a”. • p. 125: “It’s the cancer, Joan, that what I am so terrified about.--Changed “that” to “that’s”. • p. 129: and the blue bottles seethed with anger at being disturbed by someone--Changed “blue bottles” to “bluebottles” for consistency. • p. 133: Three blue bottles, fanning themselves angrily--Changed “blue bottles” to “bluebottles” for consistency. • p. 155: “Run along, Joan and play.”--Inserted a comma after “Joan”. • p. 189: You will be coming to-morrow to have your hand looked to, wont you?--Changed “wont” to “won’t”. • p. 217: “John,” he said, pulling his arm, “how silent you are.”--Changed “he” to “she”. • p. 223: but we could have a a gay time there--Deleted the second “a”. • p. 226: I won’t have you say thinks like that about him.--Changed “thinks” to “things”.