He must be roundly turned — full-made as the dealers say — with good length, standing over plenty of ground, and with a smoothly-flowing top line from his well-formed, well-set ears to his high- carried tail; well sprung in his ribs …

The poor man's children went without supper.

And now, without any further preface, we proceed to our next chapter.

the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould