While sitting on a chair or bench there is no difficulty in holding the trunk erect, because now the hamstring muscles are not only relaxed but further slackened at the lower end by flexion of the knee; the hips will flex several degrees farther here and also in sitting on the floor if the knees are flexed, tailorwise.

He observed that a wholesaler who supplied my grandfather with goods continued to advertise the implements of a new game, called Sphairistike.

I found it on the web.

“Twenty-four of course,” said Deborah without blinking an eyelash.