16 SEPTEMBER 1960, Page 21

Signs of an Undertaking

Signs of an undertaking —reminders, only, without the drama of fall or spring : they arc small but explicit signs, for instance the face of an old woman on the bus— she ribs the driver, with cough and cackle, then turns to us twisting a wink from her soiled worn face.

There. There. In her own terms mine are at once revealed --signs, something undertaken.