Colette writes of insanity: "BR and I never spoke of insanity until one day, when I was living in his Ffestiniog Cottage, he told me how badly Dora had behaved to Peter on Dora's return from giving birth to her illegitimate child. BR then told me that Dora has an uncle who was insane; and that Dora herself was ditto at the time of her 'outside' child's birth."

"I never met H.G. Wells. I don't think BR thought much of him."