The mcxm rode high; but ominous clouds were rushing towards it — clouds heavy with snow. I watched these clouds as 1 drove recklessly, desperately, over the winter roads. I had just missed the desire of my life, the one precious treasure which I coveted with my whole undisciplined heart, and not being what youcall a man of self-restraint, I was chafed by my defeat far beyond the bounds I have usually set for myself.