5/11 He selected a shade close by, and talked to Dad from there as he passed on his rounds. Sometimes Dan used to forget to talk at all--he would be asleep--and Dad would wonder if he was unwell. Once he advised him to go up to the house and have a good camp. He stretched himself on the sofa, and smoked and spat on the floor and played the concertina--an old one he won in a raffle. |