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LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
THE LOVERS
By ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL
"It is one of the most charming little books among the many that owetheir genesis to the war. The letters might be described as a lyric ofmarried love; and their beauty and passion are enhanced by the exquisitesetting which Mrs. Pennell has given them."—Yorkshire Post.
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
A DIARY
WITHOUT DATES
BY
ENID BAGNOLD
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
First printed January 1918
Second Impression February 1918
London: William Heinemann, 1918
TO
THAT FRIEND OF MINE
WHO, WHEN I WROTE HIM
ENDLESS LETTERS,
SAID COLDLY,
"WHY NOT KEEP SOMETHING
FOR YOURSELF!"
I apologize to those whom I may hurt.
Can I soothe them by pleading that one may only write what is true foroneself?
E. B.
CONTENTS
| I |
| OUTSIDE THE GLASS DOORS |
| II |
| INSIDE THE GLASS DOORS |
| III |
| "THE BOYS ..." |
I
OUTSIDE THE GLASS DOORS
I like discipline. I like to be part of an institution. It gives onemore liberty than is possible among three or four observant friends.
It is al