Neville embraces Charley before his departure for the Orient

Neville went to see off his friend Charley, who was leaving for the Orient, and embraced and kissed him at the door in front of a dozen guests, to the astonishment of one man who had never seen him before.
Date (happened)
the other day
unresolved
  1. the other day relative
    Source Paul's Prayer Interpreted ¶31"the other day", told in Pauls Prayer Interpreted (nid 2002)
    Said as the other day
  2. before 25 October 1969 bound · probable
    Source Paul's Prayer Interpretedpassage 551325 ('the other day'); lecture nid 2002 delivery claim d0 (stated/probable, 1969-10-25)
    Reasoning Neville describes seeing Charley off 'the other day', a vague recent interval before the telling; per the vague-interval convention that yields a before-bound, not a point. The lecture's delivery is stated/probable at 1969-10-25, so the embrace happened before that date; confidence cannot exceed the delivery claim it derives from.
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Source

  • Paul's Prayer Interpreted ¶31 (I went down to see a friend off the other day to the Orient. He was gone for several weeks. And here was Charley waiting for me, and we had about twelve others coming to have cocktails to see him off. When I came to the door, he expected it and I wanted …)