Linen shawls and spreads show up in secondhand clothing stores like those in the row on St. Marks Place in New York City.

To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw

I want to emphasize: Washington is so impersonal, she said. Imagine your worst impression of what it would be like and then magnify that. It's removed. It's physically removed. You get caught up in the sausage making.

See how the canvass unfurls itself like great white wings, and spreads its volumes upon the air. The wind is a strong eight-knotter, and will give her a firm headway for Tom’s purpose.