Chapter 35: February

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​⁠For a week past we have had the most wretched weather: but this to me is a blessing; for, during my residence here, not a single fine day has beamed from the heavens, but has been lost to me by the intrusion of somebody. During the severity of rain, sleet, frost, and storm, I congratulate myself that it cannot be worse indoors than abroad, nor worse abroad than it is within doors; and so I become