"And how funny, to come here to snow, when it's so warm back home."

It makes a lovely change, however odd it may be. To come to winter from summer, and to come to warm spring or summer from a Parisian winter -- it makes one appreciate them both all the more.

"Only with Mother. She's very well. She sends her love to you too. And then I went down to say hello to Mme Bar and see if anyone was about in the common room whom I really ought to say hello to, but there wasn't. Do you know what I learned, though? It's not just winter, husband, it's Christmas."