Tourist in Africa [antikvár]

chapter 1DepartureChildermas in England Mrs. Stitch in Genoa28th December 1958 On the third day after Christmas we commemorate the massacre of the Holy Innocents. Few candid fathers, I suppose, can regard that central figure of slate in Breugheµs painting in Antwerp without being touched by sympathy. After the holly and sticky sweet-meats, cold steel.I declare smugly that at fifty-five I am at the time of life when I have to winter abroad, but in truth I reached that age thirty years ago. Even when I thought I enjoyed fox-hunting my enthusi-asm waned by Christmas. I have endured few English Februaries since I became self-supporting. February 1940 found me a probationary temporary second-lieutenant in an asbestos chalet on the English Channel; never again, I resolved. February 1941 was far from hixurious, but it was3