The first essay, or try, or attempt, that I skipped was on day four. Believe me, I had good reason for blowing it off. I can’t remember it now, but it was convincing. Probably I got tired and thought, “Oh, I’ll just write two tomorrow.” Except when tomorrow actually came around, I was daunted at the prospect of trying two in the same day. One try is hard enough. What if both attempts were awful?
