"It is impossible to re-establish a satisfactory common life between you and me, both because what I feel for you has no sexual element, and because I deeply love Peter and cannot face life without her."

"I think you are right that we have clung to the school as a symbol of our marriage, and, if so, there is no use in keeping it up." "... I hate to destroy it*, and I hate to think of this place without children."

*[Beacon Hill School.]

"For the sake of the children it may be wise to be divorced if the law allows; as to this, I propose to find out the legal position from Crompton [Ll. Davies]."