They talked about brazilianisation by infection, of Brazil as an immense hospital, and these ideas percolated into literature, reinforced, perhaps, by the memory of those flu-themed parades in the 1919 Rio Carnival, when groups calling themselves 'Midnight Tea' and 'Holy House' sang bawdy songs about a 'Spanish lady'.

We look to Brother Drummond, the original Quebeckian, to take the lead.

Also, the late 19th century development of more Thames-side gas works led to a resurgence of the sea trade from the North East.

During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a catapa tree[…]