CHAPTER XVI

I “NOV. 17, 19— “There are two adjectives that are never separated in regard to a November day—‘dull’ and ‘gloomy.’ They were wedded together in the dawn of language and it is not for me to divorce them now. Accordingly, then, this day has been dull and gloomy, inside and outside, materially and spiritually. “Yesterday wasn’t so bad. There was a warm autumnal sun and Cousin Jimmy’s big heap of pumpkins made a lovely pool of colour …