Thanks sfericsf!
Clouded could mean many things!!
One way to look at it, I guess, would be that an influential person like Ennis, Jack, Alma, Lureen, can cloud our thoughts for a moment, for some time, for even a longer time unforeseen!!
Jack clouds Ennis' thoughts, more than once? How?
Ennis does cloud too Jack... in many ways.
I often wondered ( and still do) as to why Alma clouded her mind so very long time after seeing her husband Jack kiss mutually Ennis, and just telling him off at that famous Thanksgiving... but why too many months after?? What was clouding so much her mind, so she did NOT tell Jack off much, much earlier, if not right away!! ?? This could be one case, to answer this thread's question?
Hugs!