further back

Later, he would misjudge the slidiness of one of the kitchen chairs whilst arranging himself into his supper-eating position and would fall on the table chin-first.

I popped out in the afternoon to collect some collection-things and pick up a few others, avoiding most of the shop-zone flap except where it was necessary to walk into or out of the shops' main doors, just inside which people seemed to be congregating despite the warmth outside.