“The prospect of this week, without wireless, dancing, radio or newspapers, and living with six strangers, rather appalled me.”
although he later wrote:
“I found that seven people chosen at random can and did live peacefully together, working for one another, being kind to one another and amusing one another – sometimes even without conscious effort.”
His rather diffident assessment of his companions concludes:
“These were the six people whose company I have enjoyed, with whom I am loathe to part company. Now I look forward with a lot of pleasure to being reunited with my wife and little boy, and, a very important point, a comfortable bed.”