November 16 + 

A little better and more cheerful: although my impregnable colon still holds out. + 

It would be nice if a physician from London one of these days were to gallop up hotspur, tether his horse to the gate post and dash in waving a reprieve⁠—the discovery of a cure! + 

… I was in an impish mood and said: “Oh! dear, I’m full of misery.” + 

“Don’t be silly,” she said, “so am I.” + 