I'd missed them by a couple of hours. This dip did not bode well for the Hudwit.

At the mention of yaffling—the cant for eating—Ewan felt a pang of hunger in his belly.

Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is […] by a special prayer or action, […] given to God.

He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.