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... London . After November one had to hoard one's petrol and it was no longer possible to go to London by car . Travel by train became more and more tedious . All this meant that for the first time in our lives Vir- ginia and I felt we ...
... London . After November one had to hoard one's petrol and it was no longer possible to go to London by car . Travel by train became more and more tedious . All this meant that for the first time in our lives Vir- ginia and I felt we ...
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... London . I have already described how in 1940 , before Virginia's death , the early bombings wrecked our house in Mecklenburgh Square and made it uninhabitable . We now had nowhere to stay in London and became for the first time in our ...
... London . I have already described how in 1940 , before Virginia's death , the early bombings wrecked our house in Mecklenburgh Square and made it uninhabitable . We now had nowhere to stay in London and became for the first time in our ...
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... London in order to be able to do my work there more intensively . So I took a flat in Cliffords Inn . I discovered that by nature I am not a flat- dweller ; I have little or no sense of gregariousness ; I find no comfort or security in ...
... London in order to be able to do my work there more intensively . So I took a flat in Cliffords Inn . I discovered that by nature I am not a flat- dweller ; I have little or no sense of gregariousness ; I find no comfort or security in ...
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