 From April to July 1907 Walpole was in Germany , tutoring the children of the popular author Elizabeth von Arnim . In 1908 he taught French at Epsom College . His brief experience of teaching is reflected in his third novel , Mr Perrin and Mr Traill . As well as the clerical forebears , Walpole had notable authors in his family tree : on his father 's side , Horace Walpole the novelist and letter writer , and on his mother 's Richard Harris Barham , author of The Ingoldsby Legends . It was as an author that Walpole felt impelled to make his career . He moved to London and found work as a book reviewer for The Standard , writing fiction in his spare time . He had by this time recognised unreservedly that he was homosexual . His encounters were necessarily discreet , as such activities were illegal in Britain , and remained so throughout his lifetime . He was constantly searching for " the perfect friend " ; an early candidate was the stage designer Percy Anderson , to whom he was intimately attached for some time from 1910 onwards . 
 From April to July 1907 Walpole was in Germany , tutoring the children of the popular author Elizabeth von Arnim . In 1908 he taught French at Epsom College . His brief experience of teaching is reflected in his third novel , Mr Perrin and Mr Traill . As well as the clerical forebears , Walpole had notable authors in his family tree : on his father <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>side , Horace Walpole the novelist and letter writer , and on his mother <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>Richard Harris Barham , author of The Ingoldsby Legends . It was as an author <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>Walpole felt impelled to make his career . He moved to London and found work as a book reviewer for The Standard , writing fiction in his spare time . He <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>had</mark></a> by this time recognised unreservedly that he was homosexual . His encounters <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> necessarily discreet , as such activities <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> illegal in Britain , and remained so throughout his lifetime . He was constantly searching for " the perfect friend " ; an early candidate was the stage designer Percy Anderson , to whom he was intimately attached for some time from 1910 onwards . 
From April to July 1907 Walpole was in Germany , tutoring the children of the popular author Elizabeth von Arnim . In 1908 he taught French at Epsom College . His brief experience of teachin is reflected in his third novel , Mr Perrin and Mr Traill . As well as da clerical forebears , Walpole had notable authors in his family tree : on his father  side , Horace Walpole the novelist and letter writer , and on his mother  Richard Harris Barham , author of The Ingoldsby Legends . It was as an author Walpole felt impelled to make his career . He moved to London and found wrk as a book reviewer for The Standard , writing fiction in his spare time . He done by dis time recognised unreservedly dat he was homosexual . His encounters was necessarily discreet , as such activities was illegal in Britain , and remained soo throughout his lifetime . He was constantly searching for " the bumpin homie " ; an early candidate was tdastage designer Percy Anderson , to whom he was intimately attached for some time from 1910 onwards .