CHAPTER XVII. 

THE INDUSTRIAL MAGNATE 

In Beldover, there was both for Ursula and for Gudrun an interval. It seemed to Ursula as if Birkin had gone out of her for the time, he had lost his significance, he scarcely mattered in her world. She had her own friends, her own activities, her own life. She turned back to the old ways with zest, away from him. 

And Gudrun, after feeling every moment in all her veins conscious of Gerald Crich, connected even physically with him, was now almost indifferent to the thought of him. She was nursing new schemes for going away and trying a new form of life. All the time, there was something in her urging her to avoid the final establishing of a relationship with Gerald. She felt it would be wiser and better to have no more than a casual acquaintance with him. 

She had a scheme for going to St Petersburg, where she had a friend who was a sculptor like herself, and who lived with a wealthy Russian whose hobby was jewel-making. The emotional, rather rootless life of the Russians appealed to her. She did not want to go to Paris. Paris was dry, and essentially boring. She would like to go to Rome, Munich, Vienna, or to St Petersburg or Moscow. She had a friend in St Petersburg and a friend in Munich. To each of these she wrote, asking about rooms. 

She had a certain amount of money. She had come home partly to save, and now she had sold several pieces of work, she had been praised in various shows. She knew she could become quite the 'go' if she went to London. But she knew London, she wanted something else. She had seventy pounds, of which nobody knew anything. She would move soon, as soon as she heard from her friends. Her nature, in spite of her apparent placidity and calm, was profoundly restless. 
Who did Ursula turn away from?
Who did Gudrun have an intimate relationship with?
What kind of relationship did she want with him?
Where would she go in her plan?
Why not Paris?
Would she consider other places?
In which of them did she have a friend?
Did she reach out to them?
How?
To inquiry about?
Did she have limitless funds?
Why not London?
How much was in her secret stash?
What was she waiting for to relocate?
Birkin
Birkin
Gerald Crich
Gerald Crich
a casual acquaintance
a casual acquaintance
St Petersburg
 St Petersburg
Paris was dry, and essentially boring
Paris was dry, and essentially boring
Yes
She would like to go to Rome, Munich, Vienna, or to St Petersburg or Moscow. 
St Petersburg and  Munich
St Petersburg and a friend in Munich
yes
To each of these she wrote, asking about rooms. 

she wrote to them
she wrote
rooms
rooms
no
She had a certain amount of money
she knew London,
she knew London,
seventy pounds
seventy pounds
to hear from her friends
as soon as she heard from her friends.