They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes.

Away to the southwest, beyond the patches of firwood and the gray, steply rolling land, there toned the far diapason of artillery; strings of army transport, Red Cross vehicles, and miscellaneous men straggled upon the road.

Each vachana ends with a reference to one of the various names of Lord Siva.

Clutching my cure / I tightly lock the door / I try to catch my breath again