The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.

Charles said, You shall have ships. The Seigneur de Gruthuyse shall arrange it. But he was thoughtful. Was it possible for Edward to succeed? Was the venture too risksome? […]

A year ago, amid the London riots, people were entitled to wonder if Mr Cameron had a point about Broken Britain.

Diamonds were declared trump(s).