“Plague on this nonsense of putting back the clock” by C.S. Lewis

“TO HIS BROTHER (W):

The Kilns
Feb 25th 1940

“My dear W-

Plague on this nonsense of putting back the clock which has docked me of an hour’s sleep and which for the next few weeks will give me darkness at shaving and dressing time when I want light and light after tea when it is an impertinence: and which also, by abolishing 3.30 Evensong has sent me back to mattins and the old morning rush…

Yours,

Jack”

–C.S. Lewis, The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis: Books, Broadcasts and War 1931–1949, ed. Walter Hooper, vol. 2 (New York: HarperCollins; HarperSanFrancisco, 2004–2007), 2: 354.