Myself When Young: Confessions

MYSELF WHEN YOUNG BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Fiction THE LOOM OF YOUTH PLEASURE THE LONELY UNICORN
Studies THE PRISONERS OF MAINZ PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE

BY ALEC WAUGH
LONDON GRANT RICHARDS LTD. ST MARTIN’S STREET 1923 Printed in Great Britain by Neill & Co., Ltd., Edinburgh. FOR MY MOTHER TO WHOM I FIRST SPOKE OF IT WITH MY LOVE


IF the majority of one’s friends live in Kensington and Bloomsbury, and if one is fond of going out to parties in the evening, then one should live somewhere midway between these two extremities of charm and culture. With the acceptance of each fresh invitation, I am led increasingly to appreciate that there is no stronger deterrent to one’s enjoyment of an evening than the knowledge that one has at the end of it to get to Golders Green. However agreeable the company, however profuse the hospitality, there must always come that moment when one is forced to weigh the expense of a taxi against the degree of entertainment likely to be derived from a refusal to be disturbed by the sirens of the last tube.