I thought it would be good for me-would take my thoughts off-well, what had happened. And I began to write this-and it amused me to find I could do it-and I suppose I got carried away. I loved describing the hobbit the desolation of smaug maxspeed, and glorifying you-and I loved making caricatures of Lady Parham-and all the people I hated. I used to work at it whenever you were away-or I was dull and there was nothing to do.