Block 23 of Mary Berenson diary, 1903 - 1904 (Q27690)

the Western tour of a week into which he crowds all his business for the year. He did what men of affairs so seldom have the sense to do — he retired while he was still young enough to form a new life, at 45, and no one has been able to induce him, although they tried very hard, to go back again. His passion is now Egypt — he is spending vast sums in excavations. Last year he brought to light ...