As we have already noted in the second paragraph of the present chapter, the altar-stone from Mallia is inscribed with 15 hieroglyphic signs and this inscription is written from bottom to top and left to right on account of the fact that the ductus of the signs points in this direction and that the entire combination is closed by the regular punctuation mark, a vertical line.

It was hard to imagine that the broken thing had once been new; that those withered, waxen cheeks had been fresh and tinted. That her eyes had long ago glinted with laughter.

My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon

Georgette. How are you called? Jacob. That's a Flemish name. American too. You're not a Flamand? No, American. Good, I detest Flamands. - - - Brett smiled at him. I've promised to dance this with Jacob, she laughed. You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake.