When people speak with each other and find that they have nothing to say, they have a natural tendency to turn their thought and speech to the weather, and to discuss the temperature of the air, or the speed of the wind. Now, we who have had little to speak of since this past winter shall also speak of the weather, lest we forget our tongues entirely, and become mute, and speak no more than a clam of the sea.
When people speak with each other and find that they have nothing to say, they have a natural tendency to turn their thought and speech to the weather, and to discuss the temperature of the air, or the speed of the wind. Now, we who have had little to speak of since this past winter shall also speak of the weather, lest we forget our tongues entirely, and become mute, and speak no more than a clam of the sea.