Mean time the king, aſtoniſh'd at the ſign, / Haſtes to conſult his præſcient ſire divine.

Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.

I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university And refusing to take in what had happened since. Now I know none of the names in the public prints […]

As indicated in the Introduction, free-roaming dogs have always been a feature of New Providence's environment and they have always been considered a nuisance or problem.