"They gathered there thicker by the minute, like noiseless invaders conquering because they took posession so gently. I watched them whirl past my window--don't take this seriously, the playful way they seemed to imply, this little show, this harmless trick."
I have a feeling this can be interpreted as foreshadowing of Gene's ideas of enlisting. They gather in his head quickly, gently taking root in his mind. I think this is foreshadowing how, at the end of the chapter, Gene forgets them. They were a harmless trick he thought of on a passing whim. The ideas fell into his mind, but like the next day, the ideas were completely melted away when Finny came back. If we go along with this motif of, at least for this chapter, snow predicting the future, Gene also says that the snow fell a few more times, and was solidly packed in at Devon. I speculate that Gene will ponder the theory of enlisting a few more times before he finally sets to it.
Do you think Gene will enlist or not enlist after Finny's return and why?
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