11: Chapter 14. 'Like Trees in November'     11.1 Housekeeping: Correction of the week: There was a brief sound drop while discussing the opening quote of the chapter last episode.     11.2 Chapter 14. 'Like Trees in November': This is a phrase that needs explaining to anyone who lives in a different climate. In the UK, particularly in southern England where the book is set, the year is very much divided into two equal halves. At the beginning of May the leaves come out on deciduous trees. Then, after Halloween, at the end of October, the leaves fall from the trees.  The quote that gives this chapter its name is based on something Pipkin says.     The chapter opens with a quotation from the Earl of Chesterfield about learning to "read the room" as we might say now.    As Hazel arrives back in the Great Burrow he notices Strawberry talking to Cowsl ...