But may I inquire how you intend to support the establishment? If all the pupils are little ragamuffins, I’m afraid your crop won’t be profitable in a worldly sense, Mr. Bhaer.

whose temper was ready, though surly

The helicity associated with the writhing number is obtained by observing that a torus with twist number ±1 may be distorted into a figure-8 configuration which appears untwisted. […] Note that at each step the total helicity, consisting of the sum of twist, kink, and link helicities, is conserved.

And he put the handmaids and their children, first: and Leah and her children, after; and Rachel and Ioseph, aftermost.