She was a poor widow, and her little boy, clad in a sorry-looking little nankeen jacket, looked thoroughly crushed and intimidated.

He flogged him with a scourge.

When citric acid is heated to 175°, it loses a molecule of water, and gives aconitic acid, an acid which is also found in aconite.

But we thought she could start out by pillioning me, and then she can decide whether she still wants to learn to ride her own little bike.