It must not be supposed that life during these six years from the autumn of 1921 to the autumn of 1927 was all one long summer idyll. Parenthood had made it imperative to earn money. The purchase of two houses had exhausted almost all the capital that remained to me. When I returned from China I had no obvious means of making money. Source:The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.2 chap. 4: Second Marriage, 1968 More info.(pc site):http://russell-j.com/beginner/AB24-030.HTM