But , inasmuch as it has never been my practice to furnish my relatives with an itinerary of my journeys and in this case I anticipatedanticipateopposition to my wishes , I gavegiveout that I was going for a ramble in the Tyrol -- an old haunt of mine -- and propitiatedpropitiateRose ’s wrath by declaringdeclarethat I intended to study the political and social problems of the interesting community which dwells in that neighbourhood .