This popular story was written in February of 1926 as a favor to Cynthia Asquith for a collection of ghost stories she was preparing. It's believed that the model for Paul was her autistic son, John, combined with Lawrence's own troubled past. A remarkable film adaptation was produced in 1949, written and directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring young John Howard Davies (of Oliver Twist fame) and Valerie Hobson. It's black and white, making good use of …showed first 75 words of 907 total…

…showed last 75 words of 907 total…Mommys" have also leaped upon the rocking-horse, riding and commuting, to get ahead of the rising day-care costs for their children and help support the bigger house and newer car. And still the children suffer as the whispering money chant becomes a national roar. Lawrence's poignant last line haunts one: "But, poor devil, poor devil, he's best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking-horse to find a winner." (p. 166/Portable DHL/Penguin, 1977)