The presence of the dog and hart further clarifies the meaning of these scenes: hunting was one of the ways in which an accomplished young man could assert himself.

I gave them money for platform tickets and had them take my baggage.

Quite the opposite — they're very interested in finding out how these flies defy gravity and stick to the wall, because any insight into zygology can have very important practical applications.

Most white children have negresses for nurses, and negro children for playmates. The first accents are caught from them, and the first efforts of speech are negroisms, the most corrupt of patoise.