Obviously her body had decided that it was time for a full-on dysmenorrhoeic horror show, and it had chosen to today to start.

It being very warm, I removed all of my clothing except my undershorts and lay down to sleep.

Which the rather / We shall be bless'd to do, if he remember / A kinder value of the people than / He hath hereto priz'd them at.

India is to have a new Constitution, under which certain limited powers will be assigned to elected representatives. … Who, then, are to be the electors in rural constituencies? Only a few general statements can be made on this point. Women must wait, and, in the country at least, they will not mind; there is to be no literacy test, but military service will very properly qualify.