Just ten pages left, you can do it, told to myself at p. 660... but even this, was nothing like a strong sense of relief... everything has to be watered down in this little nostalgic Delderfield world, even the end of boredom itself. I delved into Delderfield's books straight after the Luxembourgish chaos; all this normality overdose was truly needed - loved every single reference to the train commuters from south east London to the City (myself reading about them while on the very same train route 120 years later was expectedly soothing). But I now think I have paid my time; I won't have to read the other two Swann Saga books, Charles Dickens is the way ahead - Actually, the most dramatic scene of the book was real event which gave Dickens an eternal train hatred. Delderfield-wise, it was nothing serious, of course, just the main hero losing a leg in a train accident while saving his family, but, you guessed it right, there was a happy ending, with the hero becomi...