Thank you both
Written by Line
(10/13/2005 7:08 p.m.)
in consequence of the missive, That is what I, penned by Kara M
This is one of the possibilities that came to mind. Very evocative if so, isn't it? The other was that maybe the "smoke" had something to do with English fog or mist, and then there's Barbara's option that this passage is describing actual chimney smoke...