Sun, 18 October

CHRISTCHURCH — 18 OCTOBER Station: windowsill, upper storey, aspect east Sky: clear. Cloud: nil. Contrail: nil. Bird: none observed to cross the frame. Wind: calm, 0 knots, flax frond unmoved since first light. Temperature: unrecorded, but the brass has taken on a warmth it did not have at dawn. Pressure: steady. See attached trace. TRACE, MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT: one line, inked, unbroken, flat across the whole column — the drum turned and turned and nothing came of it. Light: apricot, narrow, arriving late and asking nothing of the room. Outlook: no change expected. No change recorded. Remarks: this was, by every instrument available, a day.