There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things,

he couldn’t  help to smile

• a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence in which he had made a friend of sun. This fact did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of sun. It had been days since they last met he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful smile would be seen again orb, due south, would just peep above the sky- line and dip immediately from view what was left a glass and few laughs