Uncheery

We owe them nothing but good will; for we rather regard things poetically than politically, and we are anxious to inform and amuse the reader--not to perplex, by constantly reminding him of his uncheery lot in life.

On the whole, I have sat under the wing of Saint Swithin; uncheery, sluggish, murky, as the wettest of his Days;--hoping always, nevertheless, that blue sky, figurative and real, does exist, and will demonstrate itself by and by.

From whatever reason, the fact remains that his letters are by no means uncheery reading; his books and study, most of all his friendships (with one fellow-captive especially), seem to have kept him contented and even happy.