The Purple CloudThings which took place before the voyage seem to be getting a little cloudy in the memory now. I have sat here in the loggia of this Cornish villa to write down some sort of account of what has happened-God knows why since no eye can ever read it-and at the very beginning I cannot remember the parson's name. |
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