In the time of King Arthur this adventure chanced, / Beside the Tarnewathelan, as the books tell; / When to Carlisle had come that victor enhanced, / With dukes and the douzepeers, the doughtiest that dwell, […] The original poem is dated to the 13th century, but was rendered in modern English.

SHAW, THURSTAN. Rsc. Prof. Arch., U. of Ibadan, Nigeria. Arch., all periods, anthrohistory, history of smoking & early smoking pipes. W. Africa. Fr.

As in any other case, nationalism has not grown out of nothing here. It shoudl be stressed once again that the years of stagnation have left their mark. During the war, for instance, under superextreme conditions, people could go without sleep for days on end.

Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.