It is a rare sunny afternoon in an epically miserable London June when the wide South Bank plaza area along the Thames near Waterloo Bridge begins filling with bicycle riders.

BLACK WALNUT SANDWICH: Between thin slices of lightly buttered brown bread spread black walnut meats chopped rather fine. Nice to serve with hot chocolate.

Petruchio: How tame, when men and women are alone / A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew.

Thy overflow of good converts to bad; And thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot in thy digressing son.