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CHAPTER XXXCARAVAN DAYSMY last object must be to try to sum up what itis that makes Caravan Daysdifferent from allothers, and how it isthey come by the specialFor they are veryquality that sets them apart.different. It is as if, looking back and turningover the pages of all the daysbehind, Ithat I have leftfind them for the most part dulled bythe growing distance, mistyand indistinct, fullof gaps and obscurities. But as I look throughthat faded gallery I come every here and thereupon a bunch of pageswhich are stillclear andbright, where the outlines stand out sharply andthe details are not lost : where the pigmentshave been of more lasting quality and time hasnot toned them down. These are my CaravanDays.It isextraordinary how clearly they are remembered.Living through them again, as Ihave done in this book, I have been able to movefreely over well-known ground.255I have each one