TO THE REV. J. M. K., CANON OF CHRIST CHURCH, AND VICAR OF HIGHMINSTER-ON-WARE: Greeting. MY DEAR J. M. K.,-Sitting here, in the retirement of Highminster, and unable, from the manner in which the light falls, to see your face, it appears to me as if it were a shadow, and not a real living man, with whom I am talking; and the more so, as I keep all the talk to myself until I print it. Highminster-on-Ware, as it is an excellent place for aspiration, (and let Echo mind hers, if she babbles about the place!) is also a favourable retreat for kindly play of memory. My thoughts go pleasantly back to the time when I first realised the possibility of such a place, and of the "latter Luther" of the Laureate's sonnet. What a comfort it was to me! The fact is, I began to feel lonely, when I was first confronted with the world. I discovered that |
