the Geneuian Aldermanshippe began vnder the lawe, and was practised under the Gospell

Year by year they will find her with even thinner hair, sharper shoulders, drabber cheeks; and he, looking upon her with the forgiveness of complete indifference, will say to himself, She is bad, and she is ugly; I was well rid of her!

Ah, my boy, you forget the card index! Librarians invented that soothing device for the febrifuge of their souls...

to dig up evidence