This scene passed in presence of Lieutenant Lismahago, who encouraged Clinker to hazard a thrust of cold iron with his antagonist.

By section 7 a penalty is provided for any “ringing out” of contracts for future delivery.

Weary of his drab life with its nowhere job, failed marriage, boring girlfriend, and estranged teenage son, a middle-aged sad sack fakes his death, changes his identity, and hits the road.

That we learn to read past individual words to get to an overarching meaning is an unfortunate setback. A lot to learn when you take a word slow. We're velocitized.