As the show opened with the river, singing sirenlike “oooooohs,” the audience settled in.

Many fruits show differentiation of the pericarp into layers – the plum, for example, has a thin outer pericarp forming the skin, a succulent middle pericarp forming the flesh and a stony inner pericarp surrounding the single seed.

A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow madras turban […] crouched against the wall.

Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence.