[…] he would bustle round in his slovenly fashion, poking out the ashes, rubbing the fireplace, sweeping the house before he went to work.

She wanted to find out where the artist lived and learn from him or her. She discovered the artist lived in Pu county, Shanxi province.

[…] and what little girl would not like to whirl in a circular skirt and scanties?

And even if we accept the possible explanation that, at the time life appeared, there were in existence biophilic elements now defunct, or vitalising rays no longer radiant, even then, we are met by the facts (i) that even in the lowest organisms there is extraordinary […]