I travelled energetically; I went everywhere and saw everything; took as many letters as possible, and made as many acquaintances. In short, I held my nose to the grindstone.

The only means he could think of to counteract his snake fright was to expose himself to the possibilities of any such danger: […]

The Tigers will also face Jesse Hogan, still smarting from missing a couple of games but not life inside the AFL bubble, where you can’t even light up a dart at a music festival without someone filming it and sending it to the six o’clock news.

This feeling emblazed inside. / Every nerve like a firefly.