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Ididnotfindit.ButIdidbecomeabsolutelyconvincedthat,comealltheparadoxesofhell,itwasWednesday.Forthepreviousdayhadbeennotable,andIcouldswearthatnomorethanasinglenighthadpassedsincethen.
You’llfinditintherecordsthatonTuesday,May7,theEarth’sorbitpassedthroughacloudofcometdebris.Youcanevenbelieveit,ifyoulike-millionsdid.Maybeitwasso.Ican’tproveanythingeitherway.IIwasinnostatetoseewhathappenedmyself;butIdohavemyownideas.AllthatIactuallyknowoftheoccasionisthatIhadtospendtheeveninginmybedlisteningtoeyewitnessaccountsofwhatwasconstantlyclaimedtobethemostremarkablecelestialspectacleonrecord.
Andyet,untilthethingactuallybegan,nobodyhadeverheardawordaboutthissupposedcomet,oritsdebris.
Whytheybroadcastit,consideringthateveryonewhocouldwalk,hobble,orbecarriedwaseitheroutofdoorsoratwindowsenjoyingthegreatestfreefireworkdisplayever,Idon’tknow.Buttheydid,andithelpedtoimpressonmestillmoreheavilywhatitmeanttobesightless.IgotaroundtofeelingthatifthetreatmenthadnotbeensuccessfulI’dratherendthewholethingthangoonthatway.
ItwasreportedinthenewsbulletinsduringthedaythatmysteriousbrightgreenflasheshadbeenseenintheCalifornianskiesthepreviousnight.However,suchalotofthingsdidhappeninCaliforniathatnoonecouldbeexpectedtogetgreatlyworkedupoverthat,butasfurtherreportscamein,thiscomet-debrismotifmadeitsappearance,anditstuck.
