He had finished his tea and was sitting in his Jackie Howe, which is a singlet with the sleeves out of it, and called after a famous shearer of the blade days.

Peasant communities were often effectively self-policing, while the newly reorganized maréchaussée served as an ancillary peace-keeping force.

a lone house;  a lone isle

Thus it was that in the electoral League-table of the twentieth century so far the Conservatives had to be debited with the wooden spoonist as well as credited with the champion.