The left is incapable, like the right — and every other hyperpolitical faction — of the self-perception that it is in a muddle […]

the fronts of the thighs of Gibberne's white trousers were scorched a drabbish brown

The temperature of the water is consequently much higher than in either England or Scotland, and many newly run salmon will be found in early spring in the upper waters of Irish rivers where obstructions exist.

Friendliness is a subderivative: it is derived from friendly, which comes from friend.