Robert Louis Stevenson,
Vailima Letters — Chapter V
(1895)
“ As for work, it is impossible. We shall be in the saddle before long, no doubt, and the pen once more couched. You must not expect a letter under these circumstances, but be very thankful for a note. Once at Samoa, I shall try to resume my late excellent habits, and delight you with journals, you unaccustomed, I unaccustomed; but it is never too late to mend.It is vastly annoying that I cannot go even to Sydney without an attack ”
