cur ling , ▁f ist - cl en ch ing , ▁lip - bit ing ▁embar rass ment ▁than ▁any ▁other ." ▁ ▁Mil ne ▁earned ▁a ▁mathematics ▁scholar ship ▁at ▁St owe ▁School ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁rel ent lessly ▁bul lied ▁and ▁wrote : ▁" It ▁seemed ▁to ▁me ▁almost ▁that ▁my ▁father ▁had ▁got ▁to ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁by ▁clim bing ▁upon ▁my ▁infant ▁shoulders , ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁fil ched ▁from ▁me ▁my ▁good ▁name ▁and ▁had ▁left ▁me ▁with ▁the ▁empty ▁fame ▁of ▁being ▁his ▁son ." ▁He ▁went ▁up ▁to ▁Tr inity ▁College , ▁Cambridge ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁ ▁Ad ult ▁life ▁ ▁When ▁World ▁War   II ▁broke ▁out , ▁Mil ne ▁left ▁his ▁studies ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁army , ▁but ▁failed ▁the ▁medical ▁exam ination . ▁His ▁father ▁used ▁his ▁influence ▁to ▁get ▁Mil ne ▁a ▁position ▁as ▁a ▁sa pper ▁with ▁the ▁second ▁training ▁batt alion ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Engine ers . ▁He ▁received ▁his ▁commission ▁in ▁July   1 9 4 2 ▁and ▁was ▁posted ▁to ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁and ▁Italy ; ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁later ▁wounded ▁as ▁a ▁pl ato on ▁commander ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Cambridge ▁and ▁completed ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁English ▁literature . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 1   A pril ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁Mil ne ▁became ▁engaged ▁to ▁Les ley ▁de ▁Sé lin court , ▁a ▁cousin ▁on ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁side ,