FIRST CHAPTER
IT happened in this wise -
But, sitting with my pen in my hand looking at those words again,
without descrying any hint in them of the words that should follow, it
comes into my mind that they have an abrupt appearance. They may
serve, however, if I let them remain, to suggest how very difficult I find it
to begin to explain my explanation. An uncouth phrase: and yet I do not
see my way to a better