Hello and welcome back to Close Reeds here on the Close Reeds Podcast Network. I'm David Kern,

and I'm joined by two people who also enjoy the wonder of nature, Tim McIntosh and Heidi White.

How's it going, y'all?

We're doing great. I mean, I am. I don't know about Tim.

I'm doing wonderfully.

Wait, I missed the segue, David, who also enjoyed the wonders of, oh, because this is Mr. Stevens on his drive, enjoying the many wonders of nature?

No, because of the hilarious little interludes between the 23-year-old Lord and Stevens,

who they're, and the guy keeps telling him, you also love, you love nature. What a great thing

about you. Right? Yes. Yes. Although I feel like to explain it, it's probably not that,

probably not that good.

So we are here, we are here to discuss remains the day.

We're going to discuss, what is this?

This is, I guess, technically chapter three-ish or part three or anyway, it's labeled day two morning.

Well, he's in Salisbury. Salisbury.

And this is the section, if you are, if you've read the whole book, as turns out many of you did,

this is the section that is largely taken up by the conference that takes place at Darlington Hall many years before, and it is the section

where all of this international political intrigue is being discussed and is introduced

to the book, and also it is the scene in which, or the section in which Stephen's father

passes away, and also it is the scene in which the relationship between Miss Kenton

and Stevens comes to a head. So really, what I'm saying is this is a chapter in which the

central core of the story is revealed. So I guess that's this week's episode.

I guess we covered the cover of the...

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