A recognizable world seems to balloon up out of the names […]. Lovehurst down in the clay lands towards Staplehurst means the hurst that was left to someone in a will: Legacy Wood. Its near neighbor, Tolehurst, originally called Tunlafahirst, means something like Heir's Farm Wood.

The chess-player also has need of a quick eye and a steady nerve; … However, the self-possession which he requires is to be distinguished from freedom from the momentary nervous excitement which causes so many slip-ups in billiards.

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She was renowned throughout the city as […] Sarah the wickmaker.