But , inasmuch as it has never been my practice to furnish my relatives with an itinerary of my journeys and in this case I anticipated anticipate opposition to my wishes , I gave give out that I was going for a ramble in the Tyrol -- an old haunt of mine -- and propitiated propitiate Rose ’s wrath by declaring declare that I intended to study the political and social problems of the interesting community which dwells in that neighbourhood .