" He got through, however, at the cost of
four quite trifling spills and without damaging either of the horses
he rode. And his physical self-respect increased.
On his writing-desk appeared a few sheets of manuscript that
increased only very slowly. He was trying to express his Cambridge
view of aristocracy in terms of Finacue Street, West.
The artistic and intellectual movements of London had made their
various demands upon his time and energies. Art came to him with a
noble assumption of his interest and an intention that presently
became unpleasantly obvious to sell him pictures that he did not
want to buy and explain away pictures that he did. He bought one or
two modern achievements, and began to doubt if art and aristocracy
had any necessary connection. At first he had accepted the
assumption that they had. After all, he reflected, one lives rather
for life and things than for pictures of life and things or pictures
arising out of life and things. This Art had an air of saying
something, but when one came to grips with it what had it to say?
Unless it was Yah! The drama, and more particularly the
intellectual drama, challenged his attention.
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