My second day in splendid isolation. I've padlocked the gate - FROM THE INSIDE! - and left the toilet seat up - PERMANENTLY! - ; I have breakfast just before lunch and lunch at dinnertime; I read a book when I want to, and watch a DVD instead of TV. In short: BLISS!
It took me a bit longer than Denys Finch Hatton, but after twenty years of married life I no longer enjoy being alone quite as much as I used to.
As a regretful Denys says to Karen in OUT OF AFRICA, "You've ruined it for me, you know."
"Ruined what?" she asks.
"Being alone," he replies.
