The Right And The Wrong
UT my London was not the conventional one. I had not come to make a social call-I had come to find for myself some sort of reality. So I did most of the right things in it-but I also did most of the wrong. For instance, I did shop in Bond Street. But also, I sold in it. I did walk in the Parks. But also I slept in them. I did feed pigeons in Trafalgar Square. But I also sat nights through on the wet stone copings with the outcasts. I did dine at splendid restaurants. But I also tightened my belt instead. I did, often enough, leave from Waterloo Station. But also — I sold matches there! I did tour the counties by car. But I also tramped through them, three hundred-odd miles from London to Holyhead, sleeping in hedges and haystacks. People have looked curiously at me for these things. You know the look-"*O dear... is she... er « « « quite nice to know?" Well, shall I tell you the answer? The answer is, surprisingly "Yes ---I am quite nice to know. . . ." But then-so is London.- (" My London." Alison Grant Robinson, 2YA, March 18.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 144, 27 March 1942, Page 3
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199The Right And The Wrong New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 144, 27 March 1942, Page 3
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