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Choosing the latter alternative, I began by making up my mind to leave the hotel, and to take up my quarters in some less pretentious and less expensive domicile. CHOOSING THE LATTER ALTERNATIVE I BEGAN BY MAKING UP MY MIND TO LEAVE THE HOTEL AND TO TAKE UP MY QUARTERS IN SOME LESS PRETENTIOUS AND LESS EXPENSIVE DOMICILE
 lost in sending me back to England. I was dispatched, accordingly, in the troopship “Orontes,” and landed a month later on Portsmouth jetty, with my health irretrievably ruined, but with permission from a paternal government to spend the next nine months in attempting to improve it. I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. There I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought. So alarming did the state of my finances become, that I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis and rusticate somewhere in the country, or that I must make a complete alteration in my style of living. THAT NOT A DAY SHOULD BE LOST IN SENDING ME BACK TO ENGLAND I WAS DISPATCHED ACCORDINGLY IN THE TROOP SHIP ORANTEZ AND LANDED A MONTH LATER ON PORTSMOUTH JETTY WITH MY HEALTH IRRETRIEVABLY RUINED BUT WITH PERMISSION FROM A PATERNAL GOVERNMENT TO SPEND THE NEXT NINE MONTHS IN ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE IT I HAD NEITHER KITH NOR KIN IN ENGLAND AND WAS THEREFORE AS FREE AS AIR OR AS FREE AS AN INCOME OF ELEVEN SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE A DAY WILL PERMIT A MAN TO BE UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES I NATURALLY GRAVITATED TO LONDON THAT GREAT CESSPOOL INTO WHICH ALL THE LOUNGERS AND IDLERS OF THE EMPIRE IRRESISTIBLY DRAINED THERE I STAYED FOR SOME TIME AT A PRIVATE HOTEL IN THE STRAND LEADING A COMFORTLESS MEANINGLESS EXISTENCE AND SPENDING SUCH MONEY AS I HAD CONSIDERABLY MORE FREELY THAN I OUGHT SO ALARMING DID THE STATE OF MY FINANCES BECOME THAT I SOON REALIZED THAT I MUST EITHER LEAVE THE METROPOLIS AND RUSTICATE SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY ALTHOUGH I MUST MAKE A COMPLETE ALTERATION IN MY STYLE OF LIVING
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