It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.

In the context of linearization, we recall the reflective property of inverse functions; the ƒ curve contains the point (a,b) if and only if the ƒ⁻¹ curve contains the point (b,a).

He accepted the Plectronoceratidae as primitive, and the Ellesmeroceratidae as the derived next step, one characterized by holochoanitic structure and diaphragms, and leading to a group of endoceroids;

I told Mr. Perkins I wasn't a-going to, an' he— I think he is a flubdub anyway."