Booh! had to stop just now and sit on my hands again.

Find it warmer even than the candle.

How I wish those two Cambridge fellows were here! We could be quite jolly in here, and play round games, and that sort of thing.

I've been trying one or two songs to pass the time, but they didn't come off.

Made me homesick to sing, "Here in cool grot" and "Blow, gentle gales." That reminds me, the wind's dropped since I got in here.