From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.

a ready writer or workman

Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege / Or ambush from the deep.

The saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away is often countered with the one an onion a day keeps everybody away. Whether these were even proven true or not I do not know but I do know that both apples and onions were among the staples kept in our home.