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You
’
ll
find
it
in
the
records
that
on
Tuesday
,
May
7
,
the
Earth
’
s
orbit
passed
through
a
cloud
of
cometdebris
.
You
can
even
believe
it
,
if
you
like
-
millions
did
.
Maybe
it
was
so
.
I
can
’
t
prove
anything
eitherway
.
II
was
in
no
state
to
see
what
happened
myself
;
but
I
do
have
my
own
ideas
.
All
that
I
actuallyknow
of
the
occasion
is
that
I
had
to
spend
the
evening
in
my
bed
listening
to
eyewitness
accounts
ofwhat
was
constantly
claimed
to
be
the
most
remarkable
celestial
spectacle
on
record
.
And
yet
,
until
the
thing
actually
began
,
nobody
had
ever
heard
a
word
about
this
supposed
comet
,
or
itsdebris
.
Why
they
broadcast
it
,
considering
that
everyone
who
could
walk
,
hobble
,
or
be
carried
was
either
outof
doors
or
at
windows
enjoying
the
greatest
free
firework
display
ever
,
I
don
’
t
know
.
But
they
did
,
andit
helped
to
impress
on
me
still
more
heavily
what
it
meant
to
be
sightless
.
I
got
around
to
feeling
that
ifthe
treatment
had
not
been
successful
I
’
d
rather
end
the
whole
thing
than
go
on
that
way
.
It
was
reported
in
the
news
bulletins
during
the
day
that
mysterious
bright
green
flashes
had
been
seen
inthe
Californian
skies
the
previous
night
.
However
,
such
a
lot
of
things
did
happen
in
California
that
no
onecould
be
expected
to
get
greatly
worked
up
over
that
,
but
as
further
reports
came
in
,
this
comet
-
debrismotif
made
its
appearance
,
and
it
stuck
.
Accounts
arrived
from
all
over
the
Pacific
of
a
night
made
brilliant
by
green
meteors
said
to
be
"
sometimes
in
such
numerous
showers
that
the
whole
sky
appeared
to
be
wheeling
about
us
.
"
And
so
itwas
,
when
you
come
to
think
of
it
.
As
the
nightline
moved
westward
the
brilliance
of
the
display
was
in
no
way
decreased
.
Occasionalgreen
flashes
became
visible
even
before
darkness
fell
.
The
announcer
,
giving
an
account
of
thephenomenon
in
the
six
o
’
clock
news
,
advised
everyone
that
it
was
an
amazing
scene
and
one
not
to
hemissed
.
He
mentioned
also
that
it
seemed
to
be
interfering
seriously
with
short
-
wave
reception
at
longdistances
,
but
that
the
medium
waves
on
which
there
would
be
a
running
commentary
were
unaffected
,
as
,
at
present
,
was
television
.
He
need
not
have
troubled
with
the
advice
.
By
the
way
everyone
in
thehospital
got
excited
about
it
,
it
seemed
to
me
that
there
was
not
the
least
likelihood
of
anybody
missingit
-
except
myself
.
And
as
if
the
radio
’
s
comments
were
not
enough
,
the
nurse
who
brought
me
my
supper
had
to
tell
me
allabout
it
.
"
The
sky
’
s
simply
full
of
shooting
stars
.
"
she
said
.
"
All
bright
green
.
They
make
people
’
s
faces
lookfrightfully
ghastly
.
Everybody
’
s
out
watching
them
,
and
sometimes
it
’
s
almost
as
light
as
day
-
only
all
thewrong
color
.
Even
’
now
and
then
there
’
s
a
big
one
so
bright
that
it
hurts
to
look
at
it
.
It
’
s
a
marveloussight
.
’
They
say
there
’
s
never
been
anything
like
it
before
.
It
is
such
a
pity
you
can
’
t
see
it
,
isn
’
t
it
?
"
"
It
is
,
"
I
agreed
somewhat
shortly
"
We
’
ve
drawn
back
the
curtains
in
the
wards
so
that
they
can
all
see
it
,
"
she
went
on
.
"
If
only
you
hadn
’
tthose
bandages
you
’
d
have
a
wonderful
view
of
it
from
here
.
"
