The Well of Loneliness

Ten days later Stephen was saying to her mother: "I've been needing a change for a very long time. It's rather lucky that a girl I met in the Unit is free and able to go with me. We've taken a villa at Orotava, it's supposed to be furnished and they're leaving the servants, but heaven only knows what the house will be like, it belongs to a Spaniard; however, there'll be sunshine."

"I believe Orotava's delightful," said Anna.