While he fancied himself at least an experimental, if not good cook, in his present state of mind he found himself reverting to bachelor days of quick-is-best.
These deposits are held by Passarge to indicate Tertiary desert conditions, to which the basin of the Zambezi is slowly reverting.
Then the instrumentation builds, gradually reverting to the heavier sound that began the piece.
Reverting to jeans and T-shirt for working was an obvious change, but the change inside gave her a peace she had forgotten existed.
