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- And in the fireplace itself, in a black pan set on a high wire rack, peanuts roasted over the hickory fire as the waning light of day swiftly deepened into a fine velvet night speckled with white forerunners of a coming snow, and the warm sound of husky voices and rising laughter mingled in tales of sorrow and happiness of days past but not forgotten.†
p. 146.2waning = declining or diminishing
Definition:
gradually decrease in strength, intensity, size, or importance -- especially the part of the moon that is visible