From the Diary of Godfrey Mellor
Sunday, August 26th. Carbis Bay Hotel.
I have come down here to spend a week by myself. It is three years ago since I came here for the first time to stay with Mr and Mrs Housman.
I hesitated about coming down here again, but I am now glad that I did so.
I went to Father Stanway's church this morning and heard him preach. He is a good preacher, clear and unaffected. He quoted two sayings which struck me. One was about going away from earthly solace, and the other I cannot remember well enough to transcribe, but I have written him a post card asking who said them and where I could find them.
In the afternoon I went for a walk alone along the cliffs and passed the place where we began Les Misérables. I am re-reading it, not where we left off, but from the beginning.
Monday, August 27th.
Father Stanway called this morning while I was out. He has left me the quotations on a card.
They are both from Thomas à Kempis. One of them is this: "By so much the more does a man draw nigh to God as he goes away from all earthly solace." The other: "Whosoever is not ready to suffer all things and to stand resigned to the will of his beloved is not worthy to be called a lover."
Tuesday, August 28th.