William’s Reviews > Autobiography > Status Update

'Would the remark about to fall from those beautiful and melancholy lips, as the young man's eyes fixed themselves upon that infinity of sea convey to me some omen, some clue, some augury of what awaited me over there?
"Cats," he began. "Cats, Mr Powys," he repeated - and the curious thing was that nothing had led up to this announcement - "are afraid of dogs. They are!"'