our sparkful youth

After the visionary's death, work on his ideas ground to a halt.

The process is quite simple: with the sheep firmly planted in the boots, the shepherd — let’s call him Rumplestiltskin for arguement’s sake — sneaks up behind the sheep (or the singular shoop) and inserts his feet in the boots behind the shoop.

Lord John Roxton and I turned down Vigo Street together and through the dingy portals of the famous aristocratic rookery.