the return of the gentleman heading down the whyteleafe line he has a kind of tranquility thinking of germany or mentally he s already there other times he d be looking south to the ring roads and roundabouts to crawley where the rain is framed on metal windowpanes the paris of the 60 s the berlin of the 70 s the stockholm of the 90 s his sweet municipal dream in whyteleafe such a lonely lonely leaf station to station whyteleafe to caterham in whyteleafe such a lonely lonely leaf faber faber reading his paper the return of the gentleman longing for the recent past on the rail replacement bus he d never cause a fuss though it s ridiculous at the staff christmas party in the dark toby carvery he has to bite his tongue while he s dreaming of duel nationality the paris of the 60 s the berlin of the 70 s the stockholm of the 90 s his sweet municipal dream in whyteleafe such a lonely lonely leaf station to station whyteleafe to caterham in whyteleafe or another lonely leaf faber faber reading his paper