Possible Clues:

• A dad with the twitching complaint disinclined to act
• Not at all interested
• Showing interest initially in distribution of cheap tat? Quite the opposite
• Indifferent when name comes up at the end of a course
• Course in meal returned by one, cold and indifferent
• Opening of Appalachian trail state put back with little enthusiasm
• A wretched cold
• One's very sad and listless
• Spiritless
• Not interested