On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.

Coordinate term: pinko

In turnouts the special fittings are secured by coach screws. Portable air compressors with special tools for boring holes and driving the coach screws save both time and labour.

There is nothing Pirandellian about this writing, nothing detached and ironic. His characters were not on the loose, searching out the author. They were on the loose, of course, but the author was their constant companion.