Perhaps I was afraid of being laughed at if the mysterious item turned out to be a hambone, a distinct possibility.

Perhaps the worst imbecility of the Junkers was their policy towards gangrenized Russia .

In an hour more, the whole house was awakened by a violent noise of howling, curses, and pots clattering to and fro. […] [T]he landlord was undermost, and the Ensign's arms were working up and down his face and body like the flaps of a paddle-wheel: the man of war had clearly the best of it.

Black wins the ko easily.