There are no clearly defined seasons in South Alabama; summer drifts into autumn, and autumn is sometimes never followed by winter, but turns to a days-old spring that melts into summer again. That fall was a long one, hardly cool enough for a light jacket. 在阿拉巴馬州南部四季并不分明：夏季慢慢變成秋季，秋季過后緊接著的有時并不是冬季，而是轉(zhuǎn)變成為期數(shù)天的春季，然后溫度升高再次變成夏季。那年的秋天十分漫長，涼爽程度也難以叫人穿一件輕便的夾克。