1 believe most id' us were disap
pointed m him Wo expected to Hud
his conversation as brilliant as his
liooks He talked little, and that lit
tie by no means above the common
level
In die middle of .Inly a month or so
after our last meeting at Oxford I had
a letter from R.iyner, asking me to
spend a few weeks with him it hts
country cottage in Somersetshire, I
gladly accepted the invitation
! arrived at Uaytie-'s on a Saturday
evening The next morning broke fine
and pleasant, and Ray tier look me to
the village church
The parson "aa not an exhilarating
specimen He was fat and pussy, with
a it'll nose and a wheezy voice.
