These findings drive a coach and horses through the claim that Wonga has been lending responsibly.

On one side of the argument was a woman named Claire Newbourne, an anti-masker, a member of a group opposed to the government regulations on Marburg.

The chess-player also has need of a quick eye and a steady nerve; … However, the self-possession which he requires is to be distinguished from freedom from the momentary nervous excitement which causes so many slip-ups in billiards.

He shrank from the prospect of being confronted next day, at the height of his misery, with these appalling reach-me-downs.