havegonetoandfroinLondonincertainregionsconstantlythethoughthasrecurredthisisBladesoverHouse，thisanswerstoBladesoverHouse。Thefinegentrymayhavegone；theyhaveindeedlargelygone，Ithink；richmerchantsmayhavereplacedthem，financialadventurersorwhatnot。Thatdoesnotmatter；
theshapeisstillBladesover。
IammostremindedofBladesoverandEastrybyallthoseregionsroundabouttheWestEndparks；forexample，estateparks，eachmoreorlessinrelationtoapalaceorgroupofgreathouses。
TheroadsandbackwaysofMayfairandallaboutSt。James’sagain，albeitperhapsofalatergrowthinpointoftime，wereoftheveryspiritandarchitecturaltextureoftheBladesoverpassagesandyards；theyhadthesamesmells，thespace，thelargecleanestandalwaysgoingtoandfrowhereonemetunmistakableOlympiansandevenmoreunmistakablevalets，butlers，footmeninmufti。ThereweremomentswhenIseemedtoglimpsedownareasthewhitepanelling，theverychintzofmymother’sroomagain。
IcouldtraceoutnowonamapwhatIwouldcalltheGreat-Houseregion；passingsouth-westwardintoBelgravia，becomingdiffusedandsporadicwestward，findingitslastsystematicoutbreakroundandaboutRegent’sPark。TheDukeofDevonshire’splaceinPiccadilly，inallitsinsolentugliness，pleasesmeparticularly；itisthequintessenceofthething；ApsleyHouseisallinthemannerofmytheory，ParkLanehasitsquitetypicalmansions，andtheyrunalongtheborderoftheGreenParkandSt。James’s。AndIstruckoutatruthonedayinCromwellRoadquitesuddenly，asIlookedovertheNaturalHistoryMuseum“ByJove。”saidI“butthisisthelittleassemblageofcasesofstuffedbirdsandanimalsupontheBladesoverstaircasegrownenormous，andyonderasthecorrespondingthingtotheBladesovercuriosandporcelainistheArtMuseumeandthereinthelittleobservatoriesinExhibitionRoadisoldSirCuthbert’sGregoriantelescopethatIhuntedoutinthestoreroomandputtogether。”AnddivingintotheArtMuseumunderthisinspiration，Icametoalittlereading-roomandfoundasIhadinferred，oldbrownbooks！