a progressive politician

She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.

And she went so swiftly that he could only follow her to the door. The large shape of the car swallowed her up; and the car twisted softly around the little drive and away to the London road. Minutes later he heard its Klaxon, just one sharp keen, like the harsh cry of a sea-bird. …

The genus Choristopus, Eyton, apparently Anserine rather than Cygnine, is said to possess this character […]