Lastly, the breaking of the circle, the one stroke of luck, is the result of a chaotic halt, caused principally by excess of fatigue or cold.
The liberating accident, especially that of fatigue, occurs fairly often.

In the course of the same day, the moving circumference is cut up several times into two or three sections; but continuity soon returns and no change takes place.

Things go on just the same.

The bold innovator who is to save the situation has not yet had his inspiration.
There is nothing new on the fourth day, after an icy night like the previous one; nothing to tell except the following detail.

Yesterday I did not remove the trace left by the few caterpillars who made their way to the inside of the vase.