But, as luck would have it, scarcely had he started to row his boat again when an oarlock broke, and so it took him the best part of an hour to make the trip.

a Push rise upon his Nose

One operating tip: Always move from manumation to automation, Sklarsky advises. Any time there's a piece of information, record it once. Then you can funnel it where it needs to go and let the computer do the reporting.

Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.