In 1911 Lawrence was introduced to Edward Garnett,a publisher's reader,who acted as a mentor,provided furtherencouragement,and became a valued friend,as Garnett's son David was also.Throughout these months the young author revised Paul Morel,the first draft of what became Sons and Lovers.In addition,a teaching colleague, Helen Corke,gave him access to her intimate diaries aboutan unhappy loveaffair,which formed the basis of The Trespasser,his second novel.In November 1911,he came down with a pneumonia again;once he recovered,Lawrence decided to abandonteaching in order to become a full time author.Healso broke offan engagement to Louie Burrows,an old friend from his days in Nottingham and Eastwood. In March 1912 Lawrence met Frieda Weekley(nee von Richthofen), 5 with whom he was to share therest ofhis life.She was six years older than her new lover,married to Lawrence's former modern languages professor from University College,Nottingham,Ernest Weekley,and with three youngchildren.She eloped with Lawrence to her parents'home in Metz,a garrisontown then in Germany near the disputed border with France.Their stay here included Lawrence's first brush with militarism,when he was arrested and accused of being a British spy,before beingreleased following an intervention In 1911 Lawrence was introduced to Edward Garnett, a publisher's reader, who acted as a mentor, provided further encouragement, and became a valued friend, as Garnett's son David was also. Throughout these months the young author revised Paul Morel, the first draft of what became Sons and Lovers. In addition, a teaching colleague, Helen Corke, gave him access to her intimate diaries about an unhappy love affair, which formed the basis of The Trespasser,his second novel. In November 1911, he came down with a pneumonia again; once he recovered, Lawrence decided to abandon teaching in order to become a full time author. He also broke off an engagement to Louie Burrows, an old friend from his days in Nottingham and Eastwood. In March 1912 Lawrence met Frieda Weekley (nee von Richthofen), with whom he was to share the rest of his life. She was six years older than her new lover, married to Lawrence's former modern languages professor from University College, Nottingham, Ernest Weekley, and with three young children. She eloped with Lawrence to her parents' home in Metz, a garrison town then in Germany near the disputed border with France. Their stay here included Lawrence's first brush with militarism, when he was arrested and accused of being a British spy, before being released following an intervention 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’