Neville gives his unwanted checkered suit to his son Bill

He tells of choosing a checkered suit at the tailor he has used for thirty-odd years, wearing it home to his wife's horror, never wearing it again, and giving it to his son Bill, who had been praying for a new suit and wore it out.
Date (happened)
before 1967
unresolved
  1. before 1967 stated · preferred
    Source Coming to Know the Only True God ¶36"That was, oh, many years ago.", told in Coming to Know the Only True God (nid 1272)
Told / reported
  1. 3 April 1967 stated
    Source Coming to Know the Only True GodComing to Know the Only True God (nid 1272), telling 1272-9, told 1967-04-03
Sources

Source

  • Coming to Know the Only True God ¶36 (So he made me the suit, and when I brought it home, my wife said to me, “Why, Neville, you’ve gone completely insane. You’re completely out of your head. Why, I wouldn’t be seen with you at a dog fight in anything like that.”)