[…] he waddled to the platform, bowed as low as his belly would permit, and was duly decorated and felicitated […]

We don't want this to turn into one of those pie-in-the sky bizzos where you aim too high and then never end up doing it.

Holonym: Lehigh Valley

At the hour appointed most of the brethren met at the house of the vartabed; but found no one there to accuse or oppose them. They now had considerable conversation with the vartabed, and gave him some wholesome advice.