In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightily off the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river.

: Your porn star name is the name of your first pet, and your mother’s maiden name. So I’m Shadow Eady. Told you it was crap;-) Yipe! I’m Fuzzball Udarbe. Sounds like the name of a midgetporn actor. cringe

Fustians, a large group of general-purpose fabrics were mainly woven with a tight heavy texture. Sometimes they were plainly woven, but fustians could also be fashioned with “tufts” creating fabric like corduroy or velveteen. Fustians were used for anything from draperies to dresses or upholstery to men’s waistcoats.

He'd pull the chair out from under some dignified dowager and catch her just before she went to fall on her daniel […]