Then he hunted for the black carnival domino, supposing that it was the appropriate thing for a penitent to wear.

The town grows like Topsy after the railway age begins. The fortifications are now quite useless since the city has outgrown them.

Entrust it under solemn Vows / Of Mum and Silence,[…]

These days, instead of going off behind the bike shed during recess to learn about sex, kids need to sneak behind the bike shed to do a little bit of closeted geography or closeted Latin.