R01 2 ^ Jones_NP ,_, it_PP3 need_MD hardly_RB be_BE said_VBN ,_, R01 2 stopped_VBD that_DT off_RP at_RB once_RB" ._. R01 3 ^ the_ATI days_NNS have_HV gone_VBN when_WRB foreigners_NNS R01 3 copied_VBD the_ATI British_NNPS ._. R01 4 ^ with_IN Jones_NP in_IN power_NN ,_, the_ATI British_NNPS are_BER R01 4 encouraged_VBN to_TO copy_VB the_ATI R01 5 foreigner_NN ._. R01 6 ^ the_ATI foreign-made_JJ muck_NN ,_, which_WDTR British_JNP R01 6 quality_NN goods_NNS were_BED supposed_VBN R01 7 to_TO be_BE pushing_VBG out_RP of_IN the_ATI market_NN ,_, is_BEZ R01 7 now_RN being_BEG pushed_VBN out_RP of_IN the_ATI market_NN R01 8 by_IN British-made_JJ muck_NN ._. R01 9 ^ Jones_NP does_DOZ not_XNOT believe_VB in_IN quality_NN ._. ^ R01 9 he_PP3A believes_VBZ in_IN low_JJ prices_NNS ._. R01 10 ^ he_PP3A is_BEZ not_XNOT interested_JJ in_IN the_ATI old_JJ slogan_NN R01 10 ,_, ~ *'_*' British_JNP is_BEZ best_JJT **'_**' ._. ^ he_PP3A is_BEZ R01 11 interested_JJ in_IN the_ATI new_JJ slogan_NN ,_, ~ *'_*' Jones_NP R01 11 is_BEZ best_JJT **'_**' ,_, and_CC the_ATI fact_NN that_CS R01 12 Jones_NP is_BEZ British_JNP will_MD ,_, he_PP3A believes_VBZ ,_, R01 12 reflect_VB prestige_NN upon_IN Britain_NP ._. ^ he_PP3A R01 13 is_BEZ not_XNOT interested_JJ in_IN goods_NNS that_WPR last_VB a_AT R01 13 lifetime_NN ,_, a_AT tradition_NN started_VBN R01 14 by_IN snobbish_JJ manufacturers_NNS who_WPR wanted_VBD their_PP$ R01 14 children_NNS and_CC their_PP$ R01 15 children's_NNS$ children_NNS to_TO reap_VB the_ATI benefit_NN of_IN R01 15 their_PP$ impeccable_JJ trading_NN R01 16 probity_NN ._. ^ Jones_NP wishes_VBZ to_TO reap_VB the_ATI benefit_NN R01 16 himself_PPL ,_, in_IN his_PP$ own_AP R01 17 lifetime_NN ,_, and_CC let_VB his_PP$ brats_NNS and_CC brats'_NNS$ R01 17 brats_NNS fend_VB for_IN themselves_PPLS ._. ^ to_IN R01 18 this_DT end_NN ,_, he_PP3A is_BEZ interested_JJ in_IN goods_NNS that_WPR R01 18 do_DO not_XNOT last_VB a_AT lifetime_NN ,_, but_CC R01 19 which_WDTR require_VB large_JJ replacement_NN orders_NNS to_TO be_BE R01 19 made_VBN every_AT five_CD years_NNS ._. R01 20 ^ foreign_JJ contacts_NNS ._. R01 21 ^ when_WRB Jones_NP goes_VBZ abroad_RB ,_, he_PP3A does_DOZ not_XNOT R01 21 go_VB as_IN a_AT member_NN of_IN any_DTI R01 22 group_NN ,_, delegation_NN or_CC coach-party_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A goes_VBZ R01 22 alone_JJ ._. R01 23 ^ Jones_NP goes_VBZ alone_JJ ,_, secure_JJ in_IN the_ATI R01 23 knowledge_NN that_CS wherever_WRB he_PP3A goes_VBZ ,_, R01 24 his_PP$ arrival_NN will_MD not_XNOT go_VB unannounced_JJ or_CC his_PP$ R01 24 stay_NN unnoticed_JJ ._. R01 25 ^ at_IN the_ATI hotel_NN ,_, in_IN a_AT capital_NN that_WPR he_PP3A R01 25 has_HVZ never_RB visited_VBN in_IN his_PP$ life_NN R01 26 before_RI ,_, he_PP3A will_MD meet_VB an_AT old_JJ American_JNP R01 26 friend_NN whom_WPOR he_PP3A last_RB met_VBD in_IN Paris_NP ,_, R01 27 God_NP ,_, it_PP3 must_MD be_BE years_NNS ago_RB ,_, and_CC soon_RB R01 27 that_DT old_JJ American_JNP friend_NN is_BEZ R01 28 introducing_VBG him_PP3O to_IN the_ATI local_JJ Joneses_NPS right_RB R01 28 ,_, left_RB and_CC centre_RB ._. R01 29 ^ at_IN Harry's_NP$ bar_NN ,_, in_IN any_DTI foreign_JJ city_NN ,_, R01 29 it_PP3 turns_VBZ out_RP that_CS the_ATI R01 30 particular_JJ Harry_NP of_IN the_ATI joint_NN used_VBD to_TO be_BE R01 30 the_ATI barman_NN of_IN a_AT little_JJ club_NN R01 31 in_IN London_NP that_WPR Jones_NP used_VBD to_TO use_VB in_IN the_ATI R01 31 days_NNS when_WRB Joneses_NPS still_RB used_VBN R01 32 little_JJ clubs_NNS ,_, and_CC this_DT same_AP Harry_NP gives_VBZ R01 32 him_PP3O the_ATI lowdown_NN on_IN where_WRB the_ATI R01 33 native_JJ Joneses_NPS are_BER currently_RB eating_VBG and_CC R01 33 drinking_VBG ._. R01 34 ^ at_IN the_ATI American_JNP express_NN ,_, which_WDTR is_BEZ a_AT R01 34 very_QL Jones_NP place_NN in_IN which_WDTR to_TO R01 35 cash_VB your_PP$ travellers'_NNS$ cheques_NNS ,_, Jones_NP just_RB R01 35 happens_VBZ to_TO run_VB into_IN an_AT old_JJ R01 36 army_NN pal_NN who_WPR has_HVZ now_RN got_VBN this_DT amusing_JJ job_NN R01 36 of_IN showing_VBG the_ATI yobbos_NNS around_IN R01 37 the_ATI night-clubs_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI old_JJ army_NN pal_NN takes_VBZ R01 37 Jones_NP to_IN a_AT number_NN of_IN R01 38 night-clubs_NNS ,_, most_AP of_IN them_PP3OS specialising_VBG in_IN R01 38 one_CD1 sexual_JJ eccentricity_NN or_CC R01 39 another_DT ,_, to_IN which_WDTR the_ATI yobbos_NNS would_MD not_XNOT R01 39 be_BE admitted_VBN ,_, whether_CS with_IN or_CC R01 40 without_IN paper_NN hats_NNS ._. R01 41 ^ from_IN the_ATI fact_NN that_CS Jones_NP never_RB fails_VBZ to_TO R01 41 meet_VB contacts_NNS such_IN as_IN" R01 42 these_DTS on_IN his_PP$ foreign_JJ travels_NNS ,_, it_PP3 is_BEZ R01 42 obvious_JJ that_CS there_EX must_MD be_BE an_AT R01 43 international_JJ Jones_NP organisation_NN (_( Interjones_NP )_) ,_, R01 43 whose_WP$R agents_NNS disguise_VB R01 44 themselves_PPLS as_IN barmen_NNS ,_, old_JJ army_NN pals_NNS and_CC R01 44 roving_JJ Americans_NNPS ._. R01 45 ^ however_WRB Interjones_NP may_MD be_BE organised_VBN ,_, it_PP3 R01 45 is_BEZ certainly_RB a_AT powerful_JJ R01 46 and_CC influential_JJ body_NN ._. R01 47 ^ thanks_IN to_IN" Interjones_NP ,_, it_PP3 is_BEZ now_RN R01 47 possible_JJ for_IN Jones_NP to_TO travel_VB R01 48 throughout_IN the_ATI world_NN without_IN losing_VBG any_DTI of_IN R01 48 his_PP$ status_NN ,_, modifying_VBG his_PP$ R01 49 standard_NN of_IN living_NN ,_, or_CC ,_, out_RP of_IN sheer_JJB R01 49 loneliness_NN ,_, being_BEG compelled_VBN to_TO R01 50 sit_VB in_IN the_ATI reading-room_NN of_IN the_ATI British_JNP R01 50 embassy_NN doing_VBG the_ATI crossword_NN in_IN R01 51 the_ATI air-mail_NN edition_NN of_IN the_ATI times_NNS ._. R01 52 ^ thanks_IN to_IN" Interjones_NP ,_, it_PP3 is_BEZ possible_JJ to_TO R01 52 cross_VB the_ATI Equator_NP R01 53 either_DTX way_NN without_IN leaving_VBG air-conditioning_NN behind_RP R01 53 ._. ^ chains_NNS of_IN new_JJ R01 54 hotels_NNS ,_, indistinguishable_JJ from_IN one_PPLS another_PPLS" ,_, R01 54 have_HV sprung_VBN up_RP in_IN the_ATI R01 55 capitals_NNS of_IN the_ATI world_NN ,_, and_CC *-_*- without_IN R01 55 actually_RB being_BEG called_VBN the_ATI R01 56 Jones-Plaza_NP or_CC the_ATI Jones-Carlton_NP *-_*- they_PP3AS are_BER R01 56 Jones_NP all_RB right_RB" ,_, because_CS R01 57 look_VB at_IN the_ATI showers_NNS ,_, look_VB at_IN the_ATI R01 57 swimming-pool_NN ,_, look_VB at_IN the_ATI arcade_NN of_IN R01 58 shops_NNS ,_, look_VB at_IN the_ATI express_JJB elevators_NNS ,_, R01 58 look_VB at_IN the_ATI six_CD or_CC seven_CD R01 59 restaurants_NNS ,_, one_CD1 of_IN them_PP3OS on_IN the_ATI roof_NN R01 59 from_IN which_WDTR it_PP3 is_BEZ possible_JJ to_TO get_VB R01 60 a_AT panoramic_JJ view_NN of_IN London_NP ,_, Beirut_NP ,_, Madrid_NP R01 60 ,_, Bonn_NP ,_, New_NP Delhi_NP or_CC R01 61 Copenhagen_NP ,_, as_CS the_ATI case_NN may_MD be_BE ._. R01 62 ^ thanks_IN to_IN" Interjones_NP ,_, Jones_NP in_IN any_DTI R01 62 foreign_JJ city_NN can_MD hire_VB a_AT car_NN ,_, R01 63 use_VB a_AT credit_NN card_NN ,_, send_VB a_AT transfer-charge_JJB R01 63 cable_NN ,_, or_CC get_VB a_AT ringside_NN R01 64 seat_NN for_IN the_ATI student_NN riot_NN in_IN the_ATI course_NN of_IN R01 64 which_WDTR the_ATI British_JNP council_NN R01 65 building_NN is_BEZ burned_VBN to_IN the_ATI ground_NN ._. R01 66 ^ thanks_IN to_IN" Interjones_NP ,_, Jones_NP can_MD now_RN R01 66 travel_VB from_IN airport_NN to_IN R01 67 airport_NN ,_, from_IN hotel_NN to_IN hotel_NN ,_, from_IN Harry's_NP$ R01 67 bar_NN to_IN Harry's_NP$ bar_NN ,_, R01 68 without_IN ever_RB setting_VBG foot_NN outside_IN the_ATI Jones_NP R01 68 country_NN ._. R01 69 ^ Jones_NP ideas_NNS are_BER now_RN so_QL firmly_RB established_VBN R01 69 abroad_RB that_CS as_CS R01 70 primitive_JJ states_NNS develop_VB ,_, it_PP3 is_BEZ not_XNOT the_ATI R01 70 old_JJ country_NN on_IN which_WDTR they_PP3AS R01 71 model_VB themselves_PPLS ,_, but_CC the_ATI new_JJ Jones_NP ._. R01 72 ^ in_IN Africa_NP ,_, Jones_NP hotels_NNS spring_VB up_RP even_RB R01 72 as_CS the_ATI Prime_NPT Minister_NPT R01 73 elect_JJ is_BEZ being_BEG let_VBN out_RP of_IN prison_NN ._. ^ in_IN R01 73 the_ATI middle_JJB east_NR ,_, oil_NN royalties_NNS R01 74 are_BER turned_VBN into_IN Jones_NP amenities_NNS ,_, such_IN as_IN" R01 74 ice_NN ,_, big_JJ cars_NNS ,_, and_CC R01 75 night-clubs_NNS that_WPR would_MD not_XNOT be_BE out_RP of_IN place_NN R01 75 on_IN Miami_NP Beach_NPL ._. ^ in_IN Brazil_NP ,_, R01 76 an_AT entirely_RB new_JJ capital_NN has_HVZ been_BEN hacked_VBN out_RP R01 76 of_IN the_ATI jungle_NN as_IN a_AT living_JJ R01 77 monument_NN to_IN Jones_NP and_CC all_ABN he_PP3A stands_VBZ for_IN ._. R01 78 ^ foreign_JJ visitors_NNS ._. R01 79 ^ Interjones_NP naturally_RB works_VBZ on_IN a_AT reciprocal_JJ R01 79 basis_NN ,_, and_CC when_WRB R01 80 Monsieur_NPT Jones_NP ,_, Herr_NPT Jones_NP ,_, Signor_NPT Jones_NP ,_, R01 80 Jones_NP Pasha_NPT or_CC Don_NPT Jones_NP R01 81 arrive_VB at_IN the_ATI Westbury_NP ,_, whom_WPOR should_MD they_PP3AS R01 81 meet_VB in_IN the_ATI lobby_NN but_CC R01 82 Jones_NP ,_, only_RB this_DT minute_NN back_RP in_IN London_NP R01 82 himself_PPL ._. R01 83 ^ in_IN this_DT context_NN it_PP3 is_BEZ worth_IN noting_VBG that_CS R01 83 ,_, although_CS Interjones_NP R01 84 maintains_VBZ branches_NNS in_IN all_ABN countries_NNS ,_, some_DTI R01 84 nations_NNS do_DO not_XNOT appear_VB to_TO be_BE R01 85 signatories_NNS to_IN the_ATI Interjones_NP treaty_NN ._. ^ there_EX R01 85 are_BER nations_NNS which_WDTR are_BER R01 86 exclusively_RB Robinson_NP nations_NNS ,_, such_IN as_IN" the_ATI R01 86 Dutch_NNPS ,_, the_ATI Bulgarians_NNPS ,_, and_CC R01 87 the_ATI Burmese_NNPS ._. R01 88 ^ the_ATI French_NNPS are_BER essentially_RB a_AT Jones_NP nation_NN R01 88 ,_, but_CC like_VB to_TO be_BE R01 89 governed_VBN by_IN Robinsons_NPS ._. ^ the_ATI Germans_NNPS are_BER R01 89 essentially_RB a_AT Robinson_NP nation_NN ,_, R01 90 but_CC like_VB to_TO be_BE governed_VBN by_IN Joneses_NPS ._. ^ the_ATI R01 90 Italians_NNPS are_BER Jones_NP when_WRB R01 91 abroad_RB ,_, but_CC Robinson_NP when_WRB at_IN home_NR ._. ^ the_ATI R01 91 Swedes_NNPS are_BER the_ATI Jones-nation_NN R01 92 among_IN the_ATI Scandinavians_NNPS ,_, and_CC the_ATI Norwegians_NNPS R01 92 are_BER the_ATI Robinsons_NPS ._. R01 93 ^ England_NP ,_, which_WDTR bred_VBD the_ATI first_OD Joneses_NPS R01 93 ,_, is_BEZ Jones_NP ._. ^ Wales_NP ,_, from_IN R01 94 which_WDTR the_ATI Joneses_NPS took_VBD their_PP$ name_NN ,_, is_BEZ R01 94 Robinson_NP ._. ^ Southern_NP Ireland_NP is_BEZ R01 95 Jones_NP ._. ^ Northern_NP Ireland_NP is_BEZ Robinson_NP ._. ^ R01 95 Scotland_NP is_BEZ Jones_NP to_TO come_VB south_NR R01 96 from_IN ,_, but_CC Robinson_NP to_TO remain_VB in_IN ._. ^ the_ATI R01 96 Isle_NPL of_IN Wight_NP is_BEZ a_AT compound_NN of_IN R01 97 Robinsons_NPS ._. R01 98 ^ extremely_RB small_JJ countries_NNS ,_, such_IN as_IN" R01 98 Luxembourg_NP ,_, Liechtenstein_NP ,_, San_NP R01 99 Marino_NP ,_, \0etc_RB ,_, are_BER Robinson_NP to_TO be_BE born_VBN R01 99 in_IN ,_, but_CC Jones_NP to_TO be_BE a_AT foreign_JJ R01 100 resident_NN of_IN ._. ^ (_( this_DT applies_VBZ particularly_RB to_IN R01 100 the_ATI Channel_NPL Islands_NPLS ._. )_) R01 101 ^ the_ATI Russians_NNPS are_BER ideologically_RB Robinson_NP ,_, R01 101 but_CC throw_VB up_RP R01 102 Jones-deviates_NNS from_IN time_NN to_IN time_NN ._. ^ all_ABN iron_NN R01 102 curtain_NN countries_NNS ,_, except_IN R01 103 Czechoslovakia_NP ,_, are_BER statutorily_RB Robinson_NP ._. R01 104 ^ Iceland_NP is_BEZ not_XNOT only_RB Robinson_NP to_TO be_BE R01 104 born_VBN in_IN ,_, Robinson_NP to_TO live_VB in_IN ,_, R01 105 Robinson_NP even_RB to_TO have_HV correspondence_NN with_IN ,_, it_PP3 R01 105 is_BEZ also_RB the_ATI only_AP country_NN R01 106 outside_IN the_ATI tourist_NN belt_NN that_WPR it_PP3 is_BEZ R01 106 Robinson_NP ,_, and_CC not_XNOT Jones_NP ,_, to_TO visit_VB ._. R01 107 ^ Spain_NP is_BEZ unique_JJ ,_, inasmuch_CS as_CS" there_RN it_PP3 R01 107 is_BEZ Jones_NP to_TO be_BE a_AT R01 108 monarchist_NN ,_, the_ATI reason_NN being_BEG is_BEZ that_CS Jones_NP R01 108 is_BEZ always_RB on_IN the_ATI side_NN of_IN R01 109 the_ATI future_NN ._. ^ Portugal_NP is_BEZ entirely_RB Robinson_NP ._. R01 110 ^ Switzerland_NP is_BEZ Robinson_NP to_TO visit_VB ,_, but_CC R01 110 Jones_NP to_TO bank_VB with_IN ._. ^ Egypt_NP R01 111 is_BEZ Robinson_NP ,_, but_CC is_BEZ studying_VBG to_TO be_BE Jones_NP R01 111 ._. ^ India_NP fought_VBD to_TO become_VB R01 112 Jones_NP ,_, but_CC did_DOD not_XNOT succeed_VB ._. ^ South_NP R01 112 Africa_NP is_BEZ fighting_VBG to_TO remain_VB R01 113 Robinson_NP ._. ^ Australia_NP revels_VBZ in_IN being_BEG Robinson_NP R01 113 ._. R01 114 ^ by_IN a_AT trick_NN of_IN light_NN ,_, Canada_NP is_BEZ Jones_NP R01 114 when_WRB seen_VBN from_IN London_NP ,_, but_CC R01 115 Robinson_NP when_WRB seen_VBN from_IN the_ATI United_NP States_NP ._. ^ R01 115 within_IN the_ATI United_NP States_NP ,_, R01 116 it_PP3 is_BEZ Robinson_NP to_TO appear_VB like_IN a_AT Jones_NP ._. ^ R01 116 in_IN Latin_JNP America_NP ,_, Jones_NP and_CC R01 117 Robinson_NP live_VB in_IN a_AT constant_JJ state_NN of_IN revolt_NN R01 117 against_IN each_PPLS other_PPLS" ;_; it_PP3 is_BEZ R01 118 always_RB possible_JJ to_TO know_VB when_WRB Jones_NP is_BEZ R01 118 revolting_VBG against_IN Robinson_NP ,_, R01 119 because_CS then_RN we_PP1AS hear_VB about_IN trams_NNS being_BEG R01 119 overturned_VBN ,_, and_CC Jones_NP detests_VBZ R01 120 trams_NNS ._. R01 121 ^ China_NP ,_, with_IN superhuman_JJ effort_NN and_CC against_IN R01 121 all_ABN odds_NNS ,_, remains_VBZ R01 122 Robinson_NP ._. ^ Japan_NP ,_, despite_IN all_ABN those_DTS paper_NN R01 122 flowers_NNS that_WPR blossom_VB in_IN a_AT R01 123 jam-jar_NN is_BEZ becoming_VBG Jones_NP ._. R01 124 ^ the_ATI north_NR pole_NN is_BEZ Jones_NP ._. ^ the_ATI south_NR R01 124 pole_NN is_BEZ Robinson_NP ._. R01 125 ^ chapter_NN five_CD ._. R01 126 ^ to_IN Jones_NP according_IN to_IN" his_PP$ needs_NNS ._. R01 127 ^ the_ATI political_JJ pundits_NNS ,_, the_ATI literary_JJ R01 127 weeklies_NNS ,_, the_ATI more_QL R01 128 telegenic_JJ members_NNS of_IN parliament_NN ,_, the_ATI R01 128 leader-writers_NNS and_CC the_ATI R01 129 public-opinion_JJB polls_NNS *-_*- to_TO say_VB nothing_PN of_IN R01 129 various_JJ summer_NN schools_NNS ,_, R01 130 conferences_NNS ,_, congresses_NNS and_CC other_AP centres_NNS of_IN R01 130 political_JJ group-therapy_NN *-_*- R01 131 have_HV devoted_VBN some_DTI attention_NN to_IN the_ATI question_NN R01 131 of_IN who_WP will_MD rule_VB Britain_NP R01 132 in_IN the_ATI future_NN ._. R01 133 ^ Jones_NP may_MD occasionally_RB join_VB in_IN these_DTS R01 133 discussions_NNS if_CS the_ATI beer_NN is_BEZ R01 134 good_JJ ._. ^ but_CC for_IN him_PP3O there_EX is_BEZ no_ATI question_NN R01 134 to_TO be_BE argued_VBN ._. ^ Jones_NP will_MD rule_VB R01 135 Britain_NP in_IN the_ATI future_NN ._. R01 136 ^ whether_CS labour_NN or_CC conservative_JJ ,_, the_ATI next_AP R01 136 government_NN *-_*- or_CC it_PP3 may_MD R01 137 be_BE the_ATI next_AP but_IN one_CD1 *-_*- will_MD be_BE a_AT R01 137 government_NN of_IN Joneses_NPS ._. R01 138 ^ what_WDT are_BER the_ATI facts_NNS behind_IN this_DT political_JJ R01 138 reshuffle_NN ?_? R01 139 ^ there_EX is_BEZ only_RB one_CD1 fact_NN ,_, and_CC that_DT is_BEZ R01 139 that_CS Jones_NP feels_VBZ unable_JJ to_TO R01 140 lend_VB his_PP$ allegiance_NN to_IN any_DTI one_CD1 political_JJ R01 140 party_NN ._. R01 141 ^ tory_JJ Jones_NP likes_VBZ the_ATI idea_NN of_IN free_JJ R01 141 enterprise_NN ,_, but_CC can_MD n't_XNOT stand_VB the_ATI R01 142 idea_NN of_IN class_NN privilege_NN ._. R01 143 ^ labour_NN Jones_NP likes_VBZ the_ATI idea_NN of_IN equality_NN ,_, R01 143 but_CC can_MD n't_XNOT stand_VB the_ATI idea_NN R01 144 of_IN regimentation_NN ._. R01 145 ^ the_ATI labour_NN party_NN ,_, as_CS we_PP1AS know_VB ,_, is_BEZ R01 145 in_IN decline_NN ._. ^ what_WDT we_PP1AS may_MD not_XNOT R01 146 know_VB is_BEZ that_CS the_ATI tory_JJ party_NN is_BEZ also_RB in_IN R01 146 decline_NN ._. ^ the_ATI Jones_NP party_NN is_BEZ R01 147 slowly_RB emerging_VBG ,_, composed_VBN of_IN the_ATI R01 147 Jones-elements_NNS from_IN both_ABX these_DTS R01 148 declining_JJ bodies_NNS ._. R01 149 ^ already_RB Jones_NP has_HVZ established_VBN his_PP$ position_NN R01 149 in_IN both_ABX camps_NNS ._. R01 150 ^ there_EX are_BER labour_NN Joneses_NPS and_CC there_EX are_BER R01 150 tory_JJ Joneses_NPS in_IN power_NN today_NR ._. R01 151 ^ (_( there_EX are_BER no_ATI liberal_JJ or_CC communist_JJ Joneses_NPS R01 151 ,_, since_CS Jones_NP is_BEZ not_XNOT R01 152 interested_JJ in_IN causes_NNS but_CC in_IN politics_NN ._. )_) ^ R01 152 the_ATI labour_NN Joneses_NPS write_VB for_IN R01 153 tory_JJ papers_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI tory_JJ Joneses_NPS write_VB for_IN R01 153 socialist_JJ papers_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI two_CD R01 154 Joneses_NPS ,_, labour_NN and_CC tory_JJ ,_, appear_VB on_IN the_ATI R01 154 same_AP television_NN programmes_NNS and_CC R01 155 unite_VB against_IN trade_NN union_NN Robinsons_NPS from_IN the_ATI R01 155 left_JJ wing_NN and_CC backwoods_NNS R01 156 Robinsons_NPS from_IN the_ATI right_JJ wing_NN ._. R01 157 ^ between_IN them_PP3OS ,_, labour_NN Jones_NP and_CC tory_JJ R01 157 Jones_NP are_BER forging_VBG a_AT new_JJ R01 158 policy_NN ._. ^ and_CC that_DT policy_NN will_MD be_BE the_ATI Jones_NP R01 158 policy_NN for_IN Britain_NP ._. R01 159 ^ why_WRB you_PP2 should_MD vote_VB for_IN Jones_NP ._. R01 160 ^ at_IN present_NN ,_, Robinson_NP has_HVZ a_AT clear_JJ majority_NN R01 160 in_IN the_ATI House_NPL of_IN R01 161 Commons_NP ._. ^ Robinson_NP \0M.P.s_NPTS go_VB about_RP on_IN R01 161 buses_NNS ,_, hold_VB dreary_JJ clinics_NNS R01 162 in_IN their_PP$ constituencies_NNS ,_, ask_VB dreary_JJ questions_NNS R01 162 about_IN peat_NN ,_, and_CC go_VB on_IN R01 163 dreary_JJ fact-finding_NN missions_NNS to_IN dreary_JJ countries_NNS R01 163 on_IN either_DTX side_NN of_IN the_ATI R01 164 iron_NN curtain_NN ._. R01 165 ^ what_WDT ,_, in_IN contrast_NN to_IN this_DT ,_, has_HVZ Jones_NP R01 165 got_VBN to_TO offer_VB ?_? ^ why_WRB will_MD R01 166 Jones_NP make_VB a_AT better_JJR member_NN of_IN parliament_NN than_IN R01 166 Robinson_NP ?_? R01 167 ^ (_( a_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP does_DOZ not_XNOT waste_VB time_NN R01 167 on_IN dreary_JJ routine_NN ._. ^ everything_PN R01 168 he_PP3A touches_VBZ he_PP3A makes_VBZ exciting_JJ ,_, and_CC he_PP3A R01 168 is_BEZ able_JJ to_TO create_VB enthusiasm_NN ,_, R01 169 which_WDTR helps_VBZ the_ATI electorate_NN no_ATI end_NN ._. R01 170 ^ (_( b_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP is_BEZ in_IN touch_NN ._. ^ where_WRB R01 170 other_AP politicians_NNS have_HV to_TO R01 171 consult_VB polls_NNS ,_, statistics_NNS ,_, graphs_NNS ,_, R01 171 fortune-tellers_NNS ,_, to_TO find_VB out_RP what_WDT R01 172 people_NNS think_VB ,_, Jones_NP trusts_VBZ his_PP$ instinct_NN and_CC R01 172 is_BEZ always_RB right_JJ ._. R01 173 ^ (_( c_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP lives_VBZ in_IN the_ATI present_NN ._. R01 173 ^ he_PP3A will_MD cheerfully_RB agree_VB R01 174 that_CS his_PP$ party_NN has_HVZ a_AT shocking_JJ record_NN ,_, for_CS R01 174 his_PP$ party's_NN$ past_JJB history_NN is_BEZ R01 175 of_IN not_XNOT the_ATI slightest_JJT interest_NN to_IN him_PP3O ._. ^ R01 175 neither_RB does_DOZ he_PP3A make_VB sweeping_JJ R01 176 promises_NNS for_IN the_ATI vague_JJ future_NN ._. ^ if_CS Jones_NP R01 176 says_VBZ he_PP3A is_BEZ going_VBG to_TO do_DO R01 177 something_PN ,_, he_PP3A means_VBZ tomorrow_NR ._. R01 178 ^ (_( d_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP has_HVZ the_ATI gift_NN of_IN the_ATI R01 178 gab_NN ._. R01 179 ^ (_( e_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP is_BEZ a_AT good_JJ mixer_NN ._. ^ R01 179 it_PP3 is_BEZ only_RB on_IN the_ATI Jones_NP level_NN R01 180 that_CS tories_NNS and_CC socialists_NNS can_MD mix_VB as_IN equals_NNS R01 180 ,_, and_CC consequently_RB he_PP3A is_BEZ R01 181 able_JJ to_TO avoid_VB all_ABN those_DTS unprofitable_JJ stalemates_NNS R01 181 that_WPR politicians_NNS are_BER R01 182 always_RB running_VBG into_IN ._. R01 183 ^ (_( f_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP is_BEZ very_QL good_JJ on_IN R01 183 television_NN ._. R01 184 ^ (_( g_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP is_BEZ always_RB positive_JJ ._. ^ R01 184 he_PP3A would_MD rather_RB be_BE a_AT supporter_NN R01 185 than_IN an_AT opposer_NN ,_, and_CC he_PP3A will_MD always_RB R01 185 endorse_VB good_JJ ideas_NNS ,_, whichever_WDT side_NN R01 186 they_PP3AS come_VB from_IN ._. R01 187 ^ (_( h_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP knows_VBZ all_ABN about_IN images_NNS R01 187 ,_, and_CC in_IN fact_NN invented_VBD them_PP3OS ._. R01 188 ^ (_( i_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP is_BEZ always_RB ready_JJ to_TO R01 188 re-think_VB ._. R01 189 ^ (_( j_ZZ )_) ._. ^ Jones_NP is_BEZ very_QL good_JJ at_IN R01 189 inventing_VBG slogans_NNS ._. ^ and_CC the_ATI slogan_NN R01 190 of_IN the_ATI Jones_NP party_NN might_MD well_RB be_BE :_: R01 191 ^ what_WDT 's_BEZ good_JJ for_IN Jones_NP is_BEZ good_JJ for_IN R01 191 Britain_NP ._. R01 192 ^ the_ATI future_NN Jones_NP offers_VBZ you_PP2 ._. R01 193 ^ the_ATI Joneses_NPS ,_, socialist_JJ and_CC tory_JJ alike_RB ,_, R01 193 believe_VB in_IN an_AT R01 194 egalitarian_JJ society_NN (_( within_IN the_ATI limits_NNS of_IN R01 194 the_ATI Jones_NP practical_JJ R01 195 democracy_NN ,_, outlined_VBN on_IN \0pp_NNUS 83-87_CD-CD )_) ,_, R01 195 where_WRB the_ATI best_JJT brains_NNS (_( \0i.e_RB R01 196 Jones_NP )_) rise_VB to_IN the_ATI top_NN ,_, but_CC where_WRB there_EX R01 196 is_BEZ wealth_NN and_CC opportunity_NN for_IN R01 197 all_ABN ._. R01 198 ^ Jones_NP has_HVZ no_ATI wish_NN for_IN Britain_NP to_TO be_BE a_AT R01 198 major_JJ power_NN ,_, so_QL long_RB as_CS she_PP3A R01 199 can_MD hold_VB first_OD place_NN in_IN the_ATI markets_NNS of_IN R01 199 the_ATI world_NN ._. R01 200 ^ he_PP3A is_BEZ all_RB for_IN co-existence_NN ,_, peace_NN in_IN R01 200 our_PP$ lifetime_NN ,_, and_CC anything_PN R01 201 that_WPR might_MD come_VB under_IN the_ATI heading_NN of_IN progress_NN R01 201 ._. R01 202 ^ he_PP3A is_BEZ against_IN outmoded_JJ traditions_NNS ,_, R01 202 gunboat-diplomacy_NN ,_, and_CC R01 203 monopolies_NNS ._. R01 204 ^ he_PP3A would_MD take_VB the_ATI tax_NN off_IN coloured_JJ R01 204 refrigerators_NNS ._. R01 205 ^ let_VB us_PP1OS examine_VB in_IN detail_NN some_DTI of_IN the_ATI R01 205 Jones_NP policies_NNS for_IN Britain_NP :_: R01 206 ^ 1_CD1 ._. ^ the_ATI Jones_NP fiscal_JJ policy_NN ._. R01 207 ^ there_EX will_MD be_BE no_ATI significant_JJ fall_NN in_IN R01 207 income_NN tax_NN ,_, since_CS Jones_NP R01 208 does_DOZ not_XNOT ,_, in_IN fact_NN ,_, object_VB to_IN paying_VBG R01 208 income_NN tax_NN ._. R02 2 he_PP3A had_HVD long_RB sensed_VBN injustice_NN in_IN the_ATI R02 2 distinctions_NNS drawn_VBN between_IN R02 3 ordinary_JJ wage-earners_NNS and_CC those_DTS self-employed_JJ ._. ^ R02 3 by_IN the_ATI time_NN his_PP$ R02 4 monthly_JJ salary_NN arrived_VBD ,_, the_ATI inland_JJB revenue_NN R02 4 had_HVD already_RB taken_VBN their_PP$ R02 5 share_NN ,_, and_CC there_EX were_BED precious_QL few_AP reductions_NNS R02 5 in_IN tax_NN save_IN for_IN" wives_NNS ,_, R02 6 children_NNS ,_, life-insurances_NNS or_CC any_DTI of_IN the_ATI R02 6 other_AP normal_JJ encumbrances_NNS R02 7 which_WDTR Cecil_NP had_HVD so_QL far_RB avoided_VBN ._. ^ he_PP3A R02 7 read_VBD the_ATI film_NN star's_NN$ sorry_JJ story_NN R02 8 and_CC frowned_VBD at_IN the_ATI provisions_NNS of_IN schedule_NN D_ZZ R02 8 taxation_NN which_WDTR not_XNOT only_RB R02 9 allowed_VBD her_PP3O to_TO claim_VB relief_NN on_IN the_ATI most_QL R02 9 unlikely_JJ purchases_NNS ,_, but_CC also_RB R02 10 postponed_VBD demanding_VBG the_ATI tax_NN until_CS her_PP$ R02 10 financial_JJ year_NN was_BEDZ ended_VBN ,_, R02 11 audited_VBN and_CC agreed_VBN by_IN the_ATI Inspector_NPT ._. ^ the_ATI R02 11 process_NN could_MD ,_, and_CC often_RB did_DOD R02 12 take_VB several_AP years_NNS ._. ^ at_IN one_CD1 point_NN the_ATI R02 12 astute_JJ Miss_NPT Cheesecake_NP had_HVD R02 13 claimed_VBN tax_NN relief_NN on_IN the_ATI purchase_NN of_IN several_AP R02 13 mink_NN coats_NNS which_WDTR ,_, it_PP3 R02 14 seemed_VBD ,_, were_BED necessary_JJ to_TO further_VB her_PP$ career_NN R02 14 ._. ^ alternatively_RB ,_, it_PP3 was_BEDZ R02 15 reported_VBN ,_, she_PP3A tearfully_RB claimed_VBD that_CS the_ATI R02 15 warm_JJ coats_NNS were_BED heating_NN R02 16 appliances_NNS and_CC therefore_RB susceptible_JJ to_IN a_AT R02 16 depreciation_NN tax_NN allowance_NN R02 17 as_IN plant_NN and_CC machinery_NN ._. ^ the_ATI Commissioners_NPTS R02 17 of_IN inland_JJB revenue_NN wisely_RB R02 18 refrained_VBD from_IN asking_VBG how_WRB she_PP3A paid_VBD for_IN R02 18 the_ATI mink_NN coats_NNS but_CC demanded_VBD a_AT R02 19 receipt_NN instead_RB ._. ^ between_IN all_ABN the_ATI interested_JJ R02 19 parties_NNS ,_, the_ATI final_JJ R02 20 agreement_NN had_HVD been_BEN delayed_VBN long_RB enough_QLP for_IN R02 20 Miss_NPT Cheesecake_NP to_TO spend_VB R02 21 all_ABN the_ATI money_NN which_WDTR by_IN rights_NNS should_MD have_HV R02 21 been_BEN reserved_VBN for_IN her_PP$ tax_NN ._. R02 22 ^ discounting_VBG one_CD1 chinchilla_NN jacket_NN ,_, a_AT R02 22 Rolls-Royce_NP and_CC a_AT Sussex_NP manor_NN R02 23 house_NN ,_, all_ABN three_CD of_IN which_WDTR were_BED in_IN her_PP$ R02 23 husband's_NN$ name_NN ,_, she_PP3A now_RN declared_VBD R02 24 herself_PPL bankrupt_JJ ._. R02 25 ^ the_ATI train_NN drew_VBD into_IN another_DT station_NN and_CC R02 25 Cecil_NP ,_, with_IN a_AT further_JJB six_CD R02 26 stops_NNS to_TO go_VB ,_, was_BEDZ left_VBN almost_RB alone_JJ in_IN R02 26 the_ATI coach_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A fumed_VBD as_CS he_PP3A R02 27 recollected_VBD the_ATI long_JJ correspondence_NN he_PP3A had_HVD R02 27 had_HVN with_IN the_ATI inland_JJB revenue_NN R02 28 in_IN an_AT effort_NN to_TO obtain_VB tax_NN relief_NN for_IN a_AT R02 28 jacket_NN used_VBN solely_RB in_IN the_ATI R02 29 office_NN ._. ^ *'_*' if_CS the_ATI jacket_NN is_BEZ a_AT condition_NN R02 29 of_IN your_PP$ employment_NN ,_, **'_**' the_ATI R02 30 Inspector_NPT had_HVD written_VBN ,_, *'_*' it_PP3 may_MD qualify_VB R02 30 for_IN relief_NN ._. **'_**' ^ Cecil_NP snorted_VBD R02 31 aloud_RB ._. ^ so_QL long_RB as_CS he_PP3A did_DOD his_PP$ job_NN R02 31 satisfactorily_RB ,_, Frask_NP and_CC Kitsell_NP R02 32 \0Ltd_JNP could_MD hardly_RB have_HV cared_VBN less_RBR if_CS he_PP3A R02 32 wore_VBD even_RB a_AT bikini_NN in_IN the_ATI R02 33 office_NN ._. ^ in_IN fact_NN ,_, the_ATI previous_JJ summer_NN ,_, R02 33 his_PP$ girl_NN comptometer_NN operator_NN R02 34 had_HVD done_VBN so_PN ._. ^ it_PP3 led_VBD to_IN no_ATI end_NN of_IN R02 34 a_AT muddle_NN with_IN the_ATI figures_NNS ._. R02 35 ^ then_RN there_EX was_BEDZ that_DT long_JJ wrangle_NN with_IN R02 35 the_ATI inland_JJB revenue_NN over_IN R02 36 travelling_NN expenses_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI journey_NN from_IN Bank_NP R02 36 to_IN Norbiton_NP took_VBD a_AT large_JJ R02 37 slice_NN out_RP of_IN Cecil's_NP$ surplus_NN spending_NN power_NN ._. ^ R02 37 he_PP3A had_HVD tried_VBN to_TO obtain_VB R02 38 tax_NN relief_NN for_IN that_DT too_RB ,_, only_RB to_TO be_BE told_VBN R02 38 that_CS journeys_NNS from_IN home_NR to_IN R02 39 work_NN did_DOD not_XNOT qualify_VB for_IN relief_NN ._. ^ so_RB R02 39 Cecil_NP had_HVD pursued_VBN the_ATI matter_NN on_IN R02 40 the_ATI grounds_NNS that_CS he_PP3A took_VBD his_PP$ work_NN home_NR R02 40 and_CC ,_, for_IN a_AT week_NN or_CC more_AP ,_, he_PP3A R02 41 took_VBD a_AT bundle_NN of_IN record-cards_NNS each_DT night_NN in_IN R02 41 the_ATI hope_NN that_CS a_AT passing_JJ R02 42 Inspector_NPT might_MD see_VB it_PP3 ._. ^ the_ATI final_JJ word_NN ,_, R02 42 as_CS always_RB ,_, came_VBD from_IN the_ATI R02 43 inland_JJB revenue_NN who_WPR fell_VBD back_RP once_RB more_RBR upon_IN R02 43 the_ATI *'_*' condition_NN of_IN R02 44 employment_NN **'_**' clause_NN ._. R02 45 ^ again_RB Cecil_NP glared_VBD at_IN Miss_NPT Cheesecake_NP who_WPR R02 45 was_BEDZ not_XNOT only_RB allowed_VBN R02 46 travelling_NN expenses_NNS but_CC was_BEDZ also_RB allowed_VBN to_TO R02 46 buy_VB herself_PPL a_AT Rolls-Royce_NP R02 47 *'_*' on_IN the_ATI tax_NN **'_**' ._. ^ no_ATI wonder_NN she_PP3A R02 47 could_MD not_XNOT pay_VB up_RP ;_; one_CD1 half_NN of_IN her_PP$ R02 48 money_NN seemed_VBD to_TO have_HV gone_VBN into_IN purchases_NNS R02 48 designed_VBN to_TO defray_VB the_ATI tax_NN R02 49 incurred_VBN by_IN the_ATI other_AP half_NN which_WDTR was_BEDZ ,_, R02 49 in_IN any_DTI case_NN ,_, earmarked_VBN for_IN R02 50 normal_JJ living_NN expenses_NNS such_IN as_IN" publicity_NN R02 50 parties_NNS ,_, beauty_NN treatment_NN and_CC R02 51 frequent_JJ foreign_JJ holidays_NNS to_IN the_ATI right_JJ places_NNS R02 51 ._. R02 52 ^ the_ATI train_NN drew_VBD to_IN a_AT halt_NN ._. ^ Cecil's_NP$ R02 52 sole_JJB companion_NN ,_, the_ATI R02 53 parcel-laden_JJ housewife_NN ,_, staggered_VBD to_IN the_ATI door_NN R02 53 and_CC prepared_VBD to_TO alight_VB ._. R02 54 ^ *'_*' Madam_NPT !_! **'_**' he_PP3A called_VBD after_IN her_PP3O ._. ^ R02 54 *'_*' you_PP2 've_HV left_VBN your_PP$ briefcase_NN ._. **'_**' R02 55 ^ his_PP$ public_JJ duty_NN performed_VBN ,_, he_PP3A pointed_VBD at_IN R02 55 the_ATI seat_NN opposite_RI without_IN R02 56 making_VBG any_DTI effort_NN to_TO hand_VB it_PP3 to_IN her_PP3O ._. R02 57 ^ the_ATI housewife_NN turned_VBD a_AT baleful_JJ eye_NN and_CC R02 57 gazed_VBD at_IN him_PP3O over_IN a_AT large_JJ R02 58 hat-box_NN which_WDTR ,_, to_TO judge_VB from_IN the_ATI Bond_NP R02 58 Street_NPL label_NN ,_, had_HVD taken_VBN a_AT large_JJ R02 59 bite_NN out_RP of_IN her_PP$ husband's_NN$ taxable_JJ income_NN ._. ^ R02 59 *'_*' it_PP3 's_BEZ not_XNOT mine_PP$$ ._. ^ I_PP1A was_BEDZ n't_XNOT R02 60 sitting_VBG there_RN ._. **'_**' ^ she_PP3A blinked_VBD disdainfully_RB R02 60 at_IN him_PP3O and_CC stepped_VBD out_RP ._. R02 61 ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ a_AT new_JJ briefcase_NN ,_, and_CC as_CS the_ATI R02 61 train_NN jogged_VBD along_IN the_ATI shiny_JJ R02 62 clasp_NN twinkled_VBD invitingly_RB at_IN Cecil_NP ._. ^ he_PP3A R02 62 wondered_VBD what_WDT it_PP3 contained_VBD ._. R02 63 ^ probably_RB the_ATI remains_NNS of_IN someone's_PN$ lunch_NN or_CC R02 63 a_AP few_AP" secret_JJ files_NNS ._. ^ he_PP3A R02 64 smiled_VBD at_IN his_PP$ own_AP joke_NN ._. ^ of_RB course_RB" ,_, R02 64 it_PP3 might_MD be_BE holding_VBG wads_NNS of_IN five_CD R02 65 pound_NN notes_NNS earned_VBN on_IN the_ATI black_JJ market_NN ,_, R02 65 if_CS there_EX was_BEDZ still_RB such_ABL a_AT R02 66 thing_NN as_IN a_AT black_JJ market_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 might_MD be_BE a_AT R02 66 shady_JJ cash_NN deal_NN though_RB ,_, R02 67 specially_RB designed_VBN to_TO avoid_VB passing_VBG through_IN the_ATI R02 67 books_NNS ._. ^ perhaps_RB the_ATI R02 68 case_NN belonged_VBD to_IN one_CD1 of_IN those_DTS fellows_NNS who_WPR R02 68 were_BED organising_VBG those_DTS girls_NNS R02 69 who_WPR operated_VBD from_IN cars_NNS ._. ^ there_EX could_MD be_BE R02 69 a_AT lot_NN of_IN money_NN in_IN the_ATI R02 70 call-girl_NN racket_NN ,_, and_CC not_XNOT many_AP expenses_NNS R02 70 either_RB ,_, just_RB a_AT telephone_NN ,_, some_DTI R02 71 wear_NN and_CC tear_NN on_IN the_ATI girls_NNS and_CC a_AT change_NN R02 71 of_IN address_NN from_IN time_NN to_IN time_NN ._. R02 72 ^ the_ATI briefcase_NN must_MD be_BE crammed_VBN with_IN money_NN ._. R02 73 ^ Cecil_NP realised_VBD that_CS four_CD minutes_NNS of_IN R02 73 solitary_JJ running_NN time_NN R02 74 separated_VBD him_PP3O from_IN the_ATI next_AP stop_NN ,_, his_PP$ R02 74 home_NR station_NN and_CC ,_, after_IN an_AT R02 75 unnecessary_JJ glance_NN around_RP ,_, he_PP3A stepped_VBD across_IN R02 75 the_ATI car_NN and_CC tried_VBD to_TO open_VB R02 76 the_ATI briefcase_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ locked_VBN ._. ^ eager_JJ R02 76 fingers_NNS felt_VBD bulky_JJ contents_NNS and_CC R02 77 when_WRB he_PP3A shook_VBD the_ATI case_NN there_EX was_BEDZ a_AT R02 77 rustling_JJ thud_NN of_IN wads_NNS of_IN paper_NN ._. R02 78 ^ *'_*' cor_UH !_! **'_**' he_PP3A muttered_VBD aloud_RB ,_, *'_*' R02 78 there_EX 's_BEZ five_CD thousand_CD at_RB least_RB" ._. **'_**' R02 79 ^ he_PP3A felt_VBD in_IN his_PP$ jacket_NN pocket_NN and_CC R02 79 pulled_VBD out_RP a_AT key_NN ring_NN ._. ^ in_IN R02 80 succession_NN he_PP3A tried_VBD his_PP$ own_AP briefcase_NN key_NN ,_, R02 80 a_AT suitcase_NN key_NN and_CC a_AT device_NN R02 81 designed_VBN to_TO lock_VB typewriters_NNS ._. ^ Cecil_NP searched_VBD R02 81 in_IN his_PP$ pockets_NNS once_RB more_RBR R02 82 and_CC came_VBD up_RP with_IN two_CD paper-clips_NNS ._. ^ after_IN R02 82 a_AP few_AP" seconds_NNS of_IN twisting_NN ,_, he_PP3A R02 83 roughly_RB thrust_VBD a_AT bent_JJ wire_NN loop_NN into_IN the_ATI R02 83 lock_NN and_CC waggled_VBD it_PP3 around_RP R02 84 vigorously_RB ._. ^ there_EX was_BEDZ a_AT click_NN and_CC the_ATI R02 84 briefcase_NN opened_VBD ._. R02 85 ^ Cecil_NP thrust_VBD an_AT eager_JJ hand_NN inside_RP ,_, his_PP$ R02 85 fingers_NNS groping_VBG after_IN wads_NNS R02 86 of_IN five_CD pound_NN notes_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS closed_VBD on_IN a_AT R02 86 single_JJ bundle_NN and_CC ,_, fumbling_VBG R02 87 with_IN nervous_JJ excitement_NN ,_, he_PP3A pulled_VBD it_PP3 out_RP R02 87 ._. ^ his_PP$ eye_NN rested_VBD on_IN a_AT wad_NN of_IN R02 88 stiff_JJ white_JJ paper_NN printed_VBN on_IN one_CD1 side_NN ._. ^ R02 88 *'_*' old_JJ fashioned_JJ" fivers_NNS !_! **'_**' he_PP3A R02 89 muttered_VBD again_RB ,_, and_CC tried_VBD to_TO recall_VB if_CS R02 89 they_PP3AS were_BED still_RB legal_JJ tender_NN ._. R02 90 ^ surely_RB the_ATI \0Gov*:r**:_NPT and_CC \0Comp*:a**:_NNP of_IN R02 90 the_ATI Bank_NPL of_IN England_NP R02 91 would_MD never_RB break_VB their_PP$ promise_NN to_TO pay_VB on_IN R02 91 rude_JJ demand_NN ,_, let_RB alone_RB" on_IN R02 92 polite_JJ request_NN ._. ^ Cecil_NP frowned_VBD in_IN disappointment_NN R02 92 as_CS he_PP3A focussed_VBD upon_IN R02 93 the_ATI printing_NN to_TO find_VB no_ATI \0Gov*:r**:_NPT ,_, no_ATI R02 93 \0Comp*:a**:_NNP ,_, in_IN fact_NN no_ATI R02 94 five_CD pound_NN notes_NNS at_IN all_ABN ._. ^ he_PP3A was_BEDZ R02 94 holding_VBG a_AT paper_NN booklet_NN ,_, the_ATI top_JJB R02 95 sheet_NN of_IN which_WDTR bore_VBD ,_, in_IN large_JJ Baskerville_NP R02 95 type_NN ,_, the_ATI words_NNS R02 96 metropolitan_JJ monotechnic_JJ Institute_NPL R02 97 advanced_JJ accountancy_NN R02 98 course_NN \0no_NN 3_CD ._. R02 99 ^ he_PP3A ruffled_VBD the_ATI sheets_NNS irritably_RB and_CC R02 99 glowered_VBD at_IN his_PP$ own_AP breach_NN R02 100 of_IN social_JJ morality_NN ._. ^ there_EX are_BER few_AP people_NNS R02 100 who_WPR would_MD not_XNOT jump_VB at_IN an_AT R02 101 opportunity_NN to_TO rationalise_VB away_RP the_ATI theft_NN of_IN a_AT R02 101 briefcase_NN full_JJ of_IN R02 102 illicit_JJ fivers_NNS ,_, but_CC to_TO sell_VB one's_CD1$ soul_NN R02 102 for_IN a_AT handful_NN of_IN lecture_NN notes_NNS R02 103 presented_VBD quite_ABL a_AT different_JJ kettle_NN of_IN R02 103 metaphysics_NN ._. R02 104 ^ the_ATI train_NN slowed_VBD down_RP for_IN Norbiton_NP station_NN R02 104 and_CC Cecil_NP hastily_RB R02 105 repacked_VBD the_ATI briefcase_NN ._. ^ there_EX was_BEDZ a_AT hiss_NN R02 105 of_IN opening_JJ doors_NNS and_CC Cecil_NP R02 106 carried_VBD his_PP$ conscience_NN out_RP upon_IN the_ATI platform_NN R02 106 ._. ^ he_PP3A climbed_VBD the_ATI stairs_NNS ,_, R02 107 eager_JJ to_TO unload_VB the_ATI guilt-symbol_NN upon_IN the_ATI R02 107 ticket-collector_NN and_CC then_RN to_TO R02 108 emerge_VB carrying_VBG his_PP$ shame_NN unseen_JJ ,_, but_CC R02 108 burning_VBG ,_, into_IN the_ATI night_NN ._. R02 109 ^ he_PP3A reached_VBD the_ATI barrier_NN and_CC fumbled_VBD for_IN R02 109 his_PP$ contract_NN before_IN R02 110 thrusting_VBG the_ATI briefcase_NN at_IN the_ATI ticket-collector_NN R02 110 with_IN the_ATI firm_JJ R02 111 intention_NN of_IN playing_VBG the_ATI dutiful_JJ citizen_NN R02 111 retrieving_VBG lost_JJ property_NN ._. R02 112 ^ before_CS he_PP3A could_MD open_VB his_PP$ mouth_NN ,_, the_ATI R02 112 collector_NN stretched_VBD out_RP a_AT hand_NN ._. R02 113 ^ *'_*' watch_VB your_PP$ step_NN there_RN ,_, sir_NN !_! ^ your_PP$ R02 113 briefcase_NN is_BEZ hanging_VBG open_JJ ._. R02 114 ^ you_PP2 'll_MD have_HV someone_PN shoving_VBG their_PP$ hot_JJ R02 114 little_JJ hands_NNS inside_RP ._. ^ here_RN ,_, R02 115 I_PP1A 'll_MD do_DO it_PP3 ._. **'_**' ^ the_ATI collector_NN R02 115 pressed_VBD the_ATI twinkling_JJ catch_NN home_NR with_IN a_AT R02 116 click_NN ._. R02 117 ^ Cecil_NP ,_, irretrievably_RB laden_VBN with_IN both_ABX R02 117 briefcase_NN and_CC conscience_NN ,_, R02 118 stumbled_VBD away_RP into_IN the_ATI darkness_NN ._. R02 119 ^ 2_CD ._. R02 120 ^ *'_*' hello_UH ,_, Cecil_NP ._. ^ had_HVN a_AT busy_JJ day_NN ?_? R02 120 **'_**' ^ his_PP$ mother_NN came_VBD into_IN the_ATI R02 121 hall_NN as_CS he_PP3A opened_VBD the_ATI front_JJB door_NN ._. ^ R02 121 he_PP3A nodded_VBD irritably_RB and_CC ,_, turning_VBG R02 122 his_PP$ back_NN to_IN her_PP3O ,_, contrived_VBD to_TO slide_VB the_ATI R02 122 briefcase_NN into_IN hiding_NN between_IN R02 123 the_ATI do-it-yourself_JJB cupboard_NN and_CC the_ATI polished_JJ R02 123 brass_NN fourteen-pounder_NN R02 124 shell-case_NN which_WDTR served_VBD respectively_RB as_IN coat_NN R02 124 cupboard_NN and_CC umbrella_NN R02 125 stand_NN ._. R02 126 ^ *'_*' you_PP2 're_BER later_JJR than_CS usual_JJ ,_, are_BER R02 126 n't_XNOT you_PP2 ?_? **'_**' ^ his_PP$ mother_NN tidied_VBD her_PP$ R02 127 grey_JJ hair_NN in_IN the_ATI hall-mirror_NN they_PP3AS had_HVD once_RB R02 127 obtained_VBN as_IN a_AT free_JJ gift_NN in_IN R02 128 exchange_NN for_IN the_ATI labels_NNS from_IN half_ABN a_AT R02 128 hundredweight_NN of_IN Trunk_NP and_CC Greppes_NP R02 129 tannin-free_JJ tea_NN ._. ^ Cecil_NP shook_VBD his_PP$ head_NN and_CC R02 129 hung_VBD up_RP his_PP$ raincoat_NN and_CC R02 130 hat_NN inside_IN the_ATI cupboard_NN ._. ^ *'_*' are_BER n't_XNOT R02 130 you_PP2 going_VBG to_TO say_VB hello_NN ?_? **'_**' ^ his_PP$ R02 131 mother_NN stood_VBD and_CC faced_VBD him_PP3O with_IN a_AT smile_NN ._. R02 131 ^ *'_*' I_PP1A 've_HV got_VBN some_DTI lamb_NN chops_NNS R02 132 for_IN you_PP2 this_DT evening_NN ._. **'_**' R02 133 ^ *'_*' hello_UH ,_, mother_NN ._. **'_**' ^ he_PP3A kissed_VBD R02 133 her_PP$ cheek_NN perfunctorily_RB ._. ^ *'_*' lamb_NN R02 134 chops_NNS ,_, indeed_RB ._. ^ any_DTI letters_NNS come_VBN ?_? **'_**' R02 135 ^ she_PP3A grimaced_VBD ._. ^ *'_*' only_RB the_ATI electric_JJ R02 135 bill_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 's_BEZ up_RP again_RB ._. ^ we_PP1AS 'll_MD R02 136 have_HV to_TO go_VB easy_RB on_IN the_ATI immersion_NN heater_NN R02 136 next_AP quarter_NN ._. **'_**' R02 137 ^ Cecil_NP gritted_VBD his_PP$ teeth_NNS and_CC glowered_VBD at_IN R02 137 the_ATI inequity_NN of_IN Miss_NPT R02 138 Cheesecake_NP well-nigh_RB bathing_VBG in_IN tax-free_JJ champagne_NN R02 138 whilst_CS he_PP3A had_HVD to_TO go_VB R02 139 easy_RB on_IN the_ATI immersion_NN heater_NN ._. ^ *'_*' what_WDT R02 139 is_BEZ it_PP3 ,_, Cecil_NP ?_? ^ do_DO n't_XNOT you_PP2 feel_VB R02 140 well_JJ ?_? **'_**' his_PP$ mother_NN asked_VBD solicitously_RB ._. ^ R02 140 *'_*' you_PP2 do_DO look_VB tired_JJ ._. ^ go_VB and_CC R02 141 get_VB yourself_PPL a_AT drink_NN ._. **'_**' R02 142 ^ *'_*' do_DO n't_XNOT fuss_VB ,_, mother_NN !_! ^ I_PP1A 'm_BEM R02 142 quite_RB well_JJ and_CC no_RB more_QL tired_JJ than_CS R02 143 usual_JJ ,_, and_CC we_PP1AS finished_VBD the_ATI gin_NN last_AP R02 143 week_NN ,_, you_PP2 know_VB that_DT ._. **'_**' ^ Cecil_NP R02 144 stepped_VBD towards_IN the_ATI dining_NN room_NN ._. R02 145 ^ *'_*' I_PP1A 'm_BEM sure_JJ you_PP2 must_MD be_BE tired_JJ ,_, R02 145 **'_**' his_PP$ mother_NN insisted_VBD ._. ^ *'_*' you_PP2 're_BER R02 146 very_QL irritable_JJ ,_, anyway_RB ._. **'_**' R02 147 ^ *'_*' I_PP1A 'm_BEM not_XNOT tired_JJ and_CC I_PP1A 'm_BEM R02 147 not_XNOT irritable_JJ ._. **'_**' R02 148 ^ *'_*' very_QL well_RB then_RN ._. **'_**' ^ his_PP$ mother_NN R02 148 nodded_VBD with_IN understanding_NN ._. R02 149 ^ *'_*' you_PP2 're_BER not_XNOT tired_JJ ._. ^ nobody_PN 's_BEZ R02 149 tired_JJ ._. ^ now_RN just_RB you_PP2 run_VB along_RP R02 150 upstairs_RN and_CC wash_VB your_PP$ hands_NNS whilst_CS I_PP1A get_VB R02 150 dinner_NN ready_JJ ._. **'_**' ^ Cecil_NP R02 151 wriggled_VBD irritably_RB under_IN the_ATI misplaced_JJ management_NN R02 151 of_IN a_AT mother_NN who_WPR had_HVD R02 152 failed_VBN to_TO realise_VB that_CS a_AT son_NN who_WPR is_BEZ R02 152 nearly_RB bald_JJ is_BEZ no_RB longer_RBR a_AT baby_NN ._. R02 153 ^ he_PP3A started_VBD to_TO climb_VB the_ATI stairs_NNS ,_, R02 153 stamping_VBG with_IN unnecessary_JJ vigour_NN upon_IN R02 154 the_ATI treads_NNS ._. ^ *'_*' and_CC do_DO n't_XNOT wipe_VB the_ATI R02 154 dirt_NN off_RP on_IN the_ATI towel_NN like_CS you_PP2 did_DOD R02 155 yesterday_NR ._. ^ your_PP$ Auntie_NPT Edie_NP 's_BEZ coming_VBG in_RP R02 155 for_IN a_AT cup_NN of_IN tea_NN later_RBR and_CC R02 156 you_PP2 know_VB how_WRB she_PP3A has_HVZ a_AT good_JJ look_NN round_RP R02 156 everywhere_RB ._. **'_**' R02 157 ^ there_EX was_BEDZ a_AT tinkle_NN and_CC a_AT thud_NN from_IN R02 157 beside_IN the_ATI coat_NN cupboard_NN ._. R02 158 ^ Cecil's_NP$ mother_NN turned_VBD around_RP in_IN time_NN to_TO see_VB R02 158 the_ATI briefcase_NN collapse_VB R02 159 against_IN the_ATI brass_NN umbrella_NN stand_NN ._. ^ *'_*' well_UH R02 159 now_RN !_! **'_**' ^ she_PP3A hurried_VBD towards_IN R02 160 it_PP3 and_CC picked_VBD it_PP3 up_RP ._. ^ *'_*' what_WDT have_HV R02 160 we_PP1AS here_RN ?_? ^ a_AT new_JJ briefcase_NN !_! ^ so_RB R02 161 that_DT 's_BEZ what_WDT it_PP3 's_BEZ all_ABN about_RP ._. **'_**' R02 162 ^ Cecil_NP halted_VBD in_IN mid-step_NN near_IN the_ATI top_NN of_IN R02 162 the_ATI stairs_NNS and_CC clenched_VBD R02 163 his_PP$ fists_NNS ._. ^ *'_*' so_RB that_DT 's_BEZ what_WDT what_WDT R02 163 's_BEZ all_ABN about_RP ?_? **'_**' he_PP3A hissed_VBD R02 164 without_IN turning_VBG round_RP ._. R02 165 ^ she_PP3A pointed_VBD to_IN the_ATI briefcase_NN ._. ^ *'_*' so_RB R02 165 that_DT 's_BEZ why_WRB you_PP2 are_BER so_QL R02 166 irritable_JJ ._. ^ you_PP2 thought_VBD that_CS I_PP1A 'd_MD think_VB R02 166 you_PP2 'd_HVD been_BEN extravagant_JJ ._. **'_**' R02 167 ^ *'_*' but_CC I_PP1A 'm_BEM not_XNOT irritable_JJ !_! **'_**' ^ R02 167 he_PP3A rushed_VBD down_IN the_ATI stairs_NNS and_CC ,_, R02 168 snatching_VBG the_ATI case_NN ,_, ran_VBD back_RP upstairs_RN with_IN R02 168 it_PP3 ._. ^ *'_*' and_CC I_PP1A 've_HV not_XNOT R02 169 been_BEN extravagant_JJ ._. **'_**' R02 170 ^ *'_*' naughty_JJ !_! **'_**' she_PP3A called_VBD after_IN him_PP3O R02 170 ._. ^ *'_*' mother_NN knows_VBZ her_PP$ boy_NN R02 171 better_RBR than_CS he_PP3A does_DOZ himself_PPL ._. **'_**' ^ she_PP3A R02 171 smiled_VBD at_IN herself_PPL in_IN the_ATI mirror_NN R02 172 and_CC reflected_VBD how_WRB mothers_NNS always_RB know_VB their_PP$ R02 172 dear_JJ impulsive_JJ boys_NNS better_RBR R02 173 than_IN anyone_PN *-_*- especially_RB better_RBR than_IN not_XNOT so_QL R02 173 dear_JJ ,_, not_XNOT so_QL impulsive_JJ R02 174 daughters-in-law_NNS ._. ^ her_PP$ smile_NN faded_VBD at_IN the_ATI R02 174 thought_NN of_IN female_JJ R02 175 competition_NN ,_, but_CC brightened_VBD again_RB in_IN the_ATI R02 175 belief_NN that_CS her_PP$ son_NN was_BEDZ not_XNOT R02 176 cut_VBN out_RP for_IN that_DT sort_NN of_IN nonsense_NN ._. ^ R02 176 widowed_JJ mothers_NNS often_RB expect_VB their_PP$ R02 177 only_AP sons_NNS to_TO be_BE very_QL lone_JJB rangers_NNS ._. R02 178 ^ dinner_NN was_BEDZ taken_VBN as_CS usual_JJ before_IN the_ATI R02 178 television_NN ._. ^ Cecil's_NP$ mother_NN R02 179 had_HVD arranged_VBN the_ATI receiver_NN to_TO face_VB two_CD R02 179 armchairs_NNS by_IN the_ATI fire_NN ._. ^ they_PP3AS sat_VBD R02 180 uncomfortably_RB hunched_VBN in_IN mutual_JJ inclination_NN ,_, and_CC R02 180 ate_VBD at_IN arm's_NN$ length_NN R02 181 from_IN a_AT common_JJ occasional_JJ table_NN placed_VBN opposite_IN R02 181 their_PP$ adjacent_JJ knees_NNS ._. R02 182 ^ in_IN the_ATI days_NNS when_WRB he_PP3A had_HVD still_RB a_AT R02 182 liking_NN for_IN cigarettes_NNS ,_, Cecil_NP had_HVD R02 183 well-nigh_RB proved_VBN the_ATI statistical_JJ relationship_NN R02 183 between_IN them_PP3OS and_CC lung_NN R02 184 cancer_NN in_IN an_AT effort_NN to_TO obtain_VB the_ATI table_NN R02 184 free_JJ by_IN smoking_VBG his_PP$ way_NN into_IN a_AT R02 185 collection_NN of_IN six_CD hundred_CD gift_NN tokens_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI R02 185 flush_NN of_IN achievement_NN had_HVD R02 186 long_RB passed_VBN and_CC as_CS Cecil_NP sat_VBD ,_, eyes_NNS on_IN R02 186 the_ATI television_NN screen_NN ,_, not_XNOT even_RB R02 187 the_ATI napkin_NN tucked_VBN into_IN his_PP$ neck_NN could_MD R02 187 prevent_VB lamb-chop_NN gravy_NN from_IN R02 188 carelessly_RB bespattering_VBG the_ATI table_NN he_PP3A had_HVD R02 188 risked_VBN so_QL much_AP to_TO obtain_VB ._. R02 189 ^ mother_NN and_CC son_NN gazed_VBD in_IN fascination_NN at_IN R02 189 the_ATI story_NN ,_, unfolding_VBG R02 190 before_IN their_PP$ eyes_NNS ,_, of_IN corn_NN cultivation_NN in_IN R02 190 Capokoland_NP ._. ^ *'_*' what_WDT time_NN 's_BEZ R02 191 the_ATI olde_JJ tyme_NN dancing_NN on_RP ?_? **'_**' she_PP3A asked_VBD R02 191 absently_RB ._. ^ *'_*' my_PP$ goodness_NN ,_, R02 192 look_VB at_IN those_DTS women_NNS planting_VBG things_NNS ,_, is_BEZ R02 192 n't_XNOT it_PP3 primitive_JJ ?_? **'_**' R02 193 ^ *'_*' about_IN ten-o'clock_RB ,_, I_PP1A suppose_VB ,_, the_ATI R02 193 olde_JJ tyme_NN stuff_NN ._. **'_**' R03 2 ^ he_PP3A did_DOD ,_, however_RB ,_, give_VB her_PP3O the_ATI name_NN R03 2 and_CC address_NN of_IN a_AT very_QL good_JJ R03 3 lawyer_NN who_WPR had_HVD got_VBN him_PP3O an_AT injunction_NN to_TO R03 3 restrain_VB a_AT firm_NN from_IN R03 4 publishing_VBG a_AT book_NN until_CS the_ATI author_NN had_HVD R03 4 removed_VBN a_AT passage_NN attacking_VBG him_PP3O R03 5 for_IN some_DTI slander_NN which_WDTR had_HVD been_BEN ,_, in_IN R03 5 fact_NN ,_, a_AT case_NN of_IN privilege_NN ._. R03 7 ^ in_IN spite_IN" of_IN" all_ABN the_ATI transferred_JJ maternity_NN R03 7 she_PP3A was_BEDZ endowed_VBN with_IN by_IN R03 8 her_PP$ patients_NNS ,_, poor_JJ Serena_NP was_BEDZ an_AT R03 8 infant-in-arms_NN as_IN a_AT buyer_NN of_IN R03 9 property_NN ._. ^ no_UH ,_, not_XNOT even_RB an_AT infant-in-arms_NN R03 9 but_CC a_AT new-born_JJ babe_NN ,_, a_AT R03 10 premature_JJ piece_NN of_IN frailty_NN in_IN an_AT oxygen-tent_NN of_IN R03 10 utter_JJB innocence_NN ._. R03 11 ^ the_ATI complexity_NN of_IN that_DT innocence_NN was_BEDZ R03 11 colossal_JJ ._. ^ it_PP3 had_HVD layer_NN R03 12 after_IN layer_NN of_IN illusion_NN to_TO be_BE peeled_VBN off_RP R03 12 and_CC replaced_VBN with_IN sad_JJ R03 13 knowledgeability_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ a_AT nakedness_NN of_IN R03 13 nai"vety_NN to_TO be_BE clothed_VBN leaf_NN R03 14 by_IN leaf_NN with_IN the_ATI disappointment_NN of_IN experience_NN ._. R03 15 ^ her_PP$ first_OD illusion_NN consisted_VBN in_IN the_ATI belief_NN R03 15 that_CS all_ABN she_PP3A need_MD do_DO R03 16 was_BEDZ to_TO go_VB to_IN an_AT agent_NN ,_, visit_VB half_ABN a_AT R03 16 dozen_CD houses_NNS in_IN one_CD1 day_NN ,_, choose_VB R03 17 one_CD1 ,_, make_VB an_AT offer_NN ,_, put_VB it_PP3 in_IN the_ATI R03 17 hands_NNS of_IN a_AT lawyer_NN and_CC go_VB away_RP on_IN her_PP$ R03 18 holiday_NN while_CS the_ATI whole_JJ transaction_NN was_BEDZ put_VBN R03 18 through_RP ._. ^ at_IN the_ATI worst_JJT ,_, R03 19 she_PP3A could_MD postpone_VB their_PP$ holiday_NN ,_, if_CS she_PP3A R03 19 did_DOD n't_XNOT find_VB anything_PN she_PP3A R03 20 liked_VBD at_RB once_RB" ._. ^ August_NR would_MD after_IN all_ABN R03 20 be_BE a_RB little_RB" hot_JJ for_IN Greece_NP ._. R03 21 ^ all_ABN that_WPR mattered_VBD was_BEDZ moving_VBG ._. ^ for_CS R03 21 quite_RB suddenly_RB she_PP3A could_MD n't_XNOT stand_VB R03 22 their_PP$ flat_NN any_RB more_RBR ._. ^ she_PP3A must_MD come_VB R03 22 back_RP to_IN something_PN new_JJ ,_, even_CS if_CS" it_PP3 R03 23 meant_VBD shortening_VBG their_PP$ trip_NN abroad_RB or_CC taking_VBG R03 23 an_AT extra_JJ week_NN off_RP to_TO get_VB R03 24 settled_VBN in_RP ._. R03 25 ^ she_PP3A soon_RB found_VBD that_CS Tom_NP Stevens_NP was_BEDZ R03 25 right_JJ about_IN the_ATI prices_NNS ,_, R03 26 whatever_WDT their_PP$ cause_NN ._. ^ the_ATI market_NN ,_, moreover_RB R03 26 ,_, seemed_VBD more_RBR like_IN one_CD1 of_IN R03 27 her_PP$ graph_NN representations_NNS of_IN a_AT psychotic's_NN$ R03 27 dream_NN world_NN than_IN a_AT rational_JJ R03 28 state_NN of_IN affairs_NNS carefully_RB calculated_VBN by_IN a_AT R03 28 handful_NN of_IN wicked_JJ R03 29 speculators_NNS ,_, though_CS she_PP3A supposed_VBD that_CS these_DTS R03 29 latter_AP might_MD well_RB be_BE the_ATI R03 30 chosen_JJ instruments_NNS of_IN the_ATI city's_NN$ collective_JJ R03 30 unconscious_JJ ._. ^ for_CS the_ATI R03 31 prices_NNS of_IN houses_NNS bore_VBD no_ATI relation_NN whatsoever_WDT R03 31 to_IN their_PP$ size_NN ,_, beauty_NN ,_, or_CC R03 32 convenience_NN ,_, only_RB to_IN some_DTI lunatic_JJ hierarchy_NN of_IN R03 32 districts_NNS by_IN which_WDTR any_DTI R03 33 area_NN ,_, however_WRB traffic-ridden_JJ ,_, that_WPR could_MD by_IN R03 33 any_DTI considerable_JJ wrench_NN of_IN R03 34 the_ATI imagination_NN be_BE called_VBN a_AT Village_NPL ,_, was_BEDZ R03 34 also_RB the_ATI most_QL plutocratic_JJ in_IN R03 35 its_PP$ price-range_NN ;_; that_DT is_BEZ ,_, any_DTI piece_NN of_IN R03 35 town_NN with_IN one_CD1 pretty_JJ street_NN ,_, R03 36 square_NN ,_, corner_NN ,_, stretch_NN of_IN river_NN ,_, bit_NN of_IN R03 36 heath_NN ,_, common_NN or_CC park_NN ,_, round_IN R03 37 which_WDTR lesser_JJR ,_, uglier_JJR streets_NNS clustered_VBD R03 37 hopefully_RB ,_, borrowing_VBG the_ATI same_AP R03 38 name_NN for_IN themselves_PPLS as_IN crescents_NNS ,_, gardens_NNS ,_, R03 38 garden-crescents_NNS ,_, rises_NNS ,_, R03 39 hills_NNS ,_, hill-rises_NNS ,_, ways_NNS and_CC ends_NNS ,_, R03 39 mewses_NNS ,_, lanes_NNS ,_, groves_NNS and_CC vales_NNS ,_, R03 40 could_MD aspire_VB to_IN and_CC perhaps_RB eventually_RB earn_VB R03 40 the_ATI name_NN of_IN Village_NPL ._. ^ slum_NN R03 41 terraces_NNS and_CC workers'_NNS$ cottages_NNS would_MD be_BE R03 41 bought_VBN up_RP ,_, sometimes_RB by_IN R03 42 enterprising_JJ individuals_NNS but_CC more_QL often_RB by_IN the_ATI R03 42 wicked_JJ speculators_NNS for_IN R03 43 a_AT profitable_JJ sale_NN to_IN less_QL enterprising_JJ R03 43 individuals_NNS ,_, and_CC one_CD1 by_IN one_CD1 the_ATI R03 44 black_JJ brick_NN houses_NNS would_MD turn_VB white_JJ ,_, or_CC R03 44 pink_JJ or_CC blue_JJ ,_, with_IN bright_JJ R03 45 yellow_JJ doors_NNS and_CC flower-boxes_NNS in_IN the_ATI windows_NNS R03 45 ._. ^ *'_*' this_DT street_NN ,_, **'_**' the_ATI R03 46 agents_NNS would_MD say_VB ,_, *'_*' has_HVZ n't_XNOT quite_RB come_VBN R03 46 ._. **'_**' ^ when_WRB it_PP3 did_DOD so_PN ,_, and_CC several_AP R03 47 more_AP around_RP it_PP3 ,_, the_ATI area_NN would_MD at_RB last_RB" R03 47 receive_VB by_IN way_NN of_IN final_JJ R03 48 decoration_NN and_CC of_RB course_RB" price-promotion_NN ,_, the_ATI R03 48 name_NN of_IN Village_NPL ._. R03 49 ^ second_OD to_IN Villages_NPLS were_BED the_ATI best_JJT R03 49 residential_JJ areas_NNS ,_, where_WRB the_ATI R03 50 affluent_JJ middle_JJB class_NN had_HVD always_RB lived_VBN ,_, but_CC R03 50 they_PP3AS were_BED ,_, after_IN all_ABN ,_, R03 51 limited_JJ and_CC unexpandable_JJ ,_, and_CC now_CS that_CS" R03 51 practically_RB everyone_PN was_BEDZ R03 52 affluent_JJ middle-class_NN ,_, the_ATI best_JJT residential_JJ R03 52 areas_NNS were_BED so_QL much_RB in_IN R03 53 demand_NN that_CS prices_NNS shot_VBD up_RP well_RB beyond_IN the_ATI R03 53 range_NN of_IN the_ATI affluent_JJ R03 54 middle-class_NN ,_, and_CC only_RB the_ATI milk-bar_NN millionaires_NNS R03 54 lived_VBD there_RN ,_, R03 55 expense-account_NN experts_NNS ,_, some_DTI of_IN the_ATI more_QL R03 55 successful_JJ comedians_NNS ,_, the_ATI R03 56 odd_JJ reckless_JJ film-star_NN ,_, and_CC of_RB course_RB" the_ATI R03 56 speculators_NNS themselves_PPLS ._. R03 57 ^ fortunately_RB ,_, however_RB ,_, the_ATI fashion_NN for_IN R03 57 Victorian_JNP architecture_NN which_WDTR R03 58 \0Mr_NPT John_NP Betjeman_NP had_HVD started_VBN several_AP decades_NNS R03 58 before_RI had_HVD caught_VBN on_RP R03 59 at_RB last_RB" and_CC therefore_RB saved_VBD the_ATI situation_NN R03 59 for_IN the_ATI affluent_JJ R03 60 middle-class_NN ,_, who_WPR now_RN had_HVD plenty_NN of_IN R03 60 lovely-ugly_NN to_TO be_BE coldly_RB elegant_JJ R03 61 in_IN ._. R03 62 ^ all_ABN this_DT Serena_NP discovered_VBD ,_, and_CC more_AP ,_, R03 62 but_CC in_IN stages_NNS ._. ^ for_CS the_ATI R03 63 first_OD thing_NN she_PP3A did_DOD was_BEDZ to_TO make_VB an_AT R03 63 offer_NN on_IN a_AT small_JJ pink_JJ terraced_JJ R03 64 cottage_NN ,_, two_CD beds_NNS ,_, two_CD \0inter-comm_JJ \0rec_NNS ,_, R03 64 \0mod_JJ \0k_NN and_CC \0b_NN ,_, R03 65 \0sep_JJ \0W.C_NN small_JJ back_JJB yard_NN ,_, newly_RB \0dec_JJ ,_, R03 65 near_IN shops_NNS and_CC tube_NN in_IN R03 66 up-and-coming_JJB Camden_NP Town_NPL Village_NPL ,_, *+6,000_NNU R03 66 freehold_NN ._. R03 67 ^ the_ATI next_AP thing_NN that_WPR Serena_NP discovered_VBD R03 67 was_BEDZ that_WPR she_PP3A could_MD not_XNOT R03 68 afford_VB to_TO buy_VB a_AT house_NN at_IN all_ABN ._. ^ and_CC this_DT R03 68 in_IN spite_IN" of_IN" having_HVG at_RB last_RB" R03 69 managed_VBN to_TO save_VB the_ATI ten_CD percent_NNU needed_VBN ._. ^ R03 69 or_CC so_PN she_PP3A thought_VBD ,_, being_BEG then_RN R03 70 in_IN possession_NN of_IN what_WDT seemed_VBD to_IN her_PP3O the_ATI R03 70 princely_JJ sum_NN of_IN six_CD hundred_CD R03 71 pounds_NNS ._. R03 72 ^ the_ATI lawyer_NN said_VBD :_: R03 73 ^ *'_*' of_RB course_RB" you_PP2 must_MD count_VB about_RB two_CD R03 73 hundred_CD for_IN legal_JJ charges_NNS R03 74 and_CC stamp_NN duties_NNS ,_, maybe_RB less_AP ,_, depending_VBG on_IN R03 74 the_ATI price_NN of_IN the_ATI house_NN ,_, and_CC R03 75 whether_CS it_PP3 has_HVZ been_BEN registered_VBN ._. ^ I_PP1A take_VB R03 75 it_PP3 you_PP2 have_HV a_AT mortgage_NN lined_VBN R03 76 up_RP ,_, then_RN ,_, \0Mrs_NPT *-_*- er_UH *-_*- Buttery_NP ?_? R03 76 **'_**' R03 77 ^ *'_*' not_XNOT yet_RB ,_, but_CC the_ATI bank_NN would_MD give_VB R03 77 me_PP1O a_AT loan_NN ,_, I_PP1A 'm_BEM sure_JJ ._. **'_**' R03 78 ^ *'_*' er_UH ,_, yes_UH ._. ^ you_PP2 have_HV some_DTI R03 78 securities_NNS ,_, then_RN ?_? **'_**' R03 79 ^ *'_*' well_UH ,_, no_UH ._. ^ just_RB my_PP$ work_NN ._. ^ and_CC R03 79 my_PP$ husband's_NN$ ._. **'_**' R03 80 ^ *'_*' no_ATI ..._... life_NN insurance_NN ?_? **'_**' R03 81 ^ Serena_NP had_HVD more_AP in_RB common_RB" with_IN Stella_NP R03 81 than_CS she_PP3A realised_VBD ,_, for_CS the_ATI R03 82 word_NN security_NN had_HVD meant_VBN little_AP to_IN her_PP3O until_IN R03 82 now_RN ,_, when_WRB she_PP3A felt_VBD this_DT R03 83 sudden_JJ urge_NN to_TO buy_VB property_NN ,_, paying_VBG off_RP a_AT R03 83 mortgage_NN like_IN rent_NN for_IN R03 84 twenty_CD years_NNS and_CC then_RN living_VBG free_RB of_IN expense_NN R03 84 ,_, she_PP3A thought_VBD ,_, when_WRB they_PP3AS R03 85 were_BED *'_*' old_JJ and_CC grey_JJ and_CC full_JJ of_IN sleep_NN R03 85 **'_**' *-_*- though_CS she_PP3A hoped_VBD she_PP3A would_MD R03 86 never_RB be_BE as_QL psychologically_RB asleep_JJ as_IN all_ABN that_DT R03 86 ._. ^ all_ABN she_PP3A had_HVD ever_RB R03 87 bothered_VBN to_TO insure_VB was_BEDZ her_PP$ conscious_JJ self_NN R03 87 against_IN just_RB such_ABL a_AT R03 88 submerging_JJ sleep_NN ._. R03 89 ^ she_PP3A shook_VBD her_PP$ head_NN at_IN \0Mr_NPT Clacton_NP ,_, R03 89 who_WPR seemed_VBD asleep_JJ enough_QLP R03 90 himself_PPL ,_, both_ABX in_IN her_PP$ terms_NNS and_CC his_PP$$ ,_, R03 90 for_CS it_PP3 was_BEDZ a_AT hot_JJ day_NN and_CC his_PP$ R03 91 office_NN was_BEDZ stuffed_JJ to_IN its_PP$ low_JJ ceiling_NN with_IN R03 91 undisturbed_JJ books_NNS ,_, R03 92 undisturbed_JJ files_NNS and_CC dust_NN from_IN probably_RB R03 92 Dickensian_JNP times_NNS ._. ^ his_PP$ aspect_NN R03 93 was_BEDZ as_QL dusty_JJ as_IN his_PP$ office_NN ,_, with_IN scurf_NN R03 93 from_IN dusty_JJ hair_NN on_IN the_ATI dusty_JJ R03 94 shoulders_NNS of_IN his_PP$ black_JJ suit_NN ,_, cigarette_NN ash_NN R03 94 down_IN the_ATI front_NN ,_, an_AT ashen_JJ R03 95 face_NN and_CC yellow_JJ sleepy_JJ dust_NN in_IN the_ATI corners_NNS R03 95 of_IN his_PP$ pale_JJ grey_JJ eyes_NNS ._. ^ his_PP$ R03 96 finger-nails_NNS were_BED dirty_JJ ,_, though_CS he_PP3A tried_VBD R03 96 to_TO make_VB up_RP for_IN it_PP3 by_IN R03 97 constantly_RB paring_VBG them_PP3OS with_IN the_ATI finger-nail_NN R03 97 of_IN the_ATI opposite_JJ hand_NN ._. ^ his_PP$ R03 98 voice_NN was_BEDZ like_IN his_PP$ black_JJ and_CC pin-stripe_JJB ,_, R03 98 a_AT grey_JJ superimposition_NN of_IN R03 99 respectability_NN over_IN the_ATI original_JJ colour_NN of_IN his_PP$ R03 99 own_AP natural_JJ vowels_NNS ,_, the_ATI R03 100 result_NN being_BEG somehow_RB as_QL ineffective_JJ ,_, not_XNOT R03 100 just_RB dusty-grey_JJ but_CC muddy_JJ ,_, R03 101 slimy_JJ even_RB ._. ^ his_PP$ digressions_NNS too_RB ,_, seemed_VBD R03 101 to_TO have_HV no_ATI other_AP purpose_NN than_IN R03 102 the_ATI throwing_NN of_IN dust_NN in_IN his_PP$ client's_NN$ eyes_NNS R03 102 ,_, the_ATI dust_NN of_IN fake_JJ security_NN ,_, R03 103 of_IN the_ATI fake_JJ friend_NN of_IN the_ATI family_NN ,_, like_IN R03 103 the_ATI puffs_NNS from_IN his_PP$ Gauloises_NPS ,_, R03 104 which_WDTR said_VBD ~ *'_*' do_DO n't_XNOT you_PP2 worry_VB your_PP$ R03 104 fluffy_JJ little_JJ head_NN about_IN that_DT ,_, just_RB R03 105 lull_VB back_RP in_IN the_ATI layers_NNS of_IN my_PP$ experience_NN ,_, R03 105 **'_**' as_CS he_PP3A told_VBD her_PP3O how_WRB he_PP3A had_HVD R03 106 saved_VBN one_CD1 of_IN his_PP$ clients_NNS from_IN buying_VBG a_AT R03 106 house_NN in_IN which_WDTR he_PP3A somehow_RB owned_VBD R03 107 all_ABN the_ATI bricks_NNS and_CC mortar_NN but_CC not_XNOT the_ATI R03 107 joists_NNS ,_, which_WDTR had_HVD been_BEN omitted_VBN R03 108 from_IN the_ATI deeds_NNS ,_, and_CC how_WRB he_PP3A had_HVD learnt_VBN R03 108 from_IN another_DT client_NN who_WPR was_BEDZ a_AT R03 109 greengrocer_NN that_CS all_ABN greengrocers_NNS cheat_VB the_ATI R03 109 income-tax_NN by_IN a_AT R03 110 complicated_JJ system_NN of_IN unrecorded_JJ purchases_NNS which_WDTR R03 110 has_HVZ become_VBN the_ATI norm_NN R03 111 at_IN Covent_NP Garden_NPL ._. R03 112 ^ *'_*' yes_UH ,_, well_UH ..._... ._. **'_**' ^ he_PP3A judged_VBD R03 112 that_CS she_PP3A had_HVD been_BEN sufficiently_RB R03 113 dazzled_VBN and_CC gave_VBD a_AT long_JJ raucous_JJ cough_NN ._. ^ R03 113 *'_*' only_AP cigarettes_NNS worth_IN R03 114 smoking_VBG ,_, these_DTS ._. ^ most_QL unhealthy_JJ ,_, English_JNP R03 114 ones_CD1S ._. ^ well_UH ,_, now_RN ,_, let_VB me_PP1O see_VB ._. R03 115 ^ I_PP1A think_VB I_PP1A can_MD put_VB you_PP2 onto_IN some_DTI R03 115 people_NNS who_WPR might_MD ,_, I_PP1A say_VB might_MD ,_, let_VB R03 116 you_PP2 have_HV a_AT mortgage_NN on_IN this_DT property_NN ..._... ._. R03 116 **'_**' R03 117 ^ *'_*' but_CC ,_, they_PP3AS 're_BER safe_JJ ,_, are_BER they_PP3AS R03 117 ?_? ^ I_PP1A mean_VB ,_, they_PP3AS 're_BER not_XNOT *-_*- R03 118 money-lenders_NNS ?_? **'_**' R03 119 *'_*' \0Mrs_NPT *-_*- er_UH *-_*- Buttery_NP ,_, all_ABN mortgage_NN R03 119 companies_NNS are_BER money-lenders_NNS ._. R03 120 ^ that_DT 's_BEZ rather_RB the_ATI point_NN ,_, is_BEZ n't_XNOT it_PP3 R03 120 ?_? **'_**' R03 121 ^ *'_*' no_UH ,_, but_CC I_PP1A mean_VB *-_*- **'_**' R03 122 ^ *'_*' I_PP1A know_VB what_WDT you_PP2 mean_VB ._. ^ you_PP2 may_MD R03 122 trust_VB me_PP1O ,_, \0Mrs_NPT Buttery_NP ._. ^ I_PP1A R03 123 think_VB ,_, however_RB ,_, that_CS you_PP2 might_MD have_HV to_TO R03 123 revise_VB your_PP$ ideas_NNS about_IN *-_*- er_UH *-_*- R03 124 the_ATI type_NN of_IN property_NN you_PP2 intend_VB to_TO purchase_VB R03 124 ._. **'_**' R03 125 ^ she_PP3A revised_VBD them_PP3OS ._. R03 126 ^ the_ATI little_JJ man_NN from_IN the_ATI inter-insular_JJ (_( R03 126 British_JNP archipelago_NN )_) R03 127 insurance_NN company_NN soon_RB saw_VBD to_IN that_DT ._. ^ he_PP3A R03 127 was_BEDZ bald_JJ and_CC bouncy_JJ ,_, jumping_VBG R03 128 up_RP from_IN her_PP$ sofa_NN with_IN each_DT explanation_NN ,_, R03 128 whether_CS because_IN of_IN" the_ATI sherry_NN R03 129 she_PP3A offered_VBD him_PP3O or_CC from_IN a_AT passionate_JJ R03 129 interest_NN in_IN his_PP$ work_NN she_PP3A could_MD n't_XNOT R03 130 tell_VB ._. ^ when_WRB he_PP3A had_HVD jumped_VBN up_RP some_DTI R03 130 twenty_CD times_NNS ,_, talked_VBN of_IN premiums_NNS ,_, R03 131 policies_NNS ,_, tax_NN exemptions_NNS and_CC survey_NN fees_NNS ,_, R03 131 worked_VBN out_RP sums_NNS rapidly_RB on_IN R03 132 inter-insular_JJ insurance_NN company_NN sheets_NNS of_IN paper_NN R03 132 which_WDTR he_PP3A produced_VBD from_IN R03 133 a_AT shiny_JJ black_JJ brief-case_NN ,_, asked_VBN many_AP R03 133 questions_NNS about_IN Rupert's_NP$ age_NN ,_, R03 134 health_NN and_CC income_NN ,_, even_RB his_PP$ salesman's_NN$ patter_NN R03 134 failed_VBD to_TO smooth_VB over_RP R03 135 the_ATI traumatic_JJ experience_NN undergone_VBN by_IN Serena's_NP$ R03 135 relatively_RB sheltered_JJ R03 136 psyche_NN that_DT afternoon_NN ._. R03 137 ^ poor_JJ Serena_NP ._. ^ in_IN spite_IN" of_IN" the_ATI good_JJ R03 137 marks_NNS she_PP3A had_HVD brought_VBN home_NR R03 138 from_IN school_NN she_PP3A had_HVD never_RB grasped_VBN the_ATI R03 138 implications_NNS or_CC practical_JJ R03 139 application_NN of_IN compound_JJ interest_NN ._. ^ she_PP3A used_VBD R03 139 to_TO solve_VB all_ABN the_ATI problems_NNS R03 140 set_VBN of_RB course_RB" ,_, but_CC her_PP$ conscious_JJ mind_NN R03 140 must_MD have_HV refused_VBN to_TO accept_VB the_ATI R03 141 moral_JJ shock_NN of_IN it_PP3 all_ABN ,_, so_CS that_CS" even_RB R03 141 now_RN at_IN the_ATI age_NN of_IN forty_CD and_CC eleven_CD R03 142 months_NNS ,_, she_PP3A still_RB assumed_VBD that_CS if_CS one_CD1 R03 142 borrowed_VBD six_CD thousand_CD pounds_NNS at_IN R03 143 six_CD per_NNU cent_NNU" ,_, one_CD1 paid_VBD back_RP ,_, in_IN the_ATI R03 143 end_NN ,_, six_CD thousand_CD plus_IN six_CD per_NNU R03 144 cent_NNU" of_IN six_CD thousand_CD ,_, that_DT is_BEZ ,_, six_CD R03 144 thousand_CD three_CD hundred_CD and_CC sixty_CD R03 145 pounds_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI meaning_NN of_IN the_ATI words_NNS *'_*' R03 145 per_NC annum_NC **'_**' had_HVD somehow_RB got_VBN R03 146 lost_VBN with_IN the_ATI years_NNS ._. R03 147 ^ her_PP$ second_OD shock_NN was_BEDZ the_ATI mortgage_NN rating_NN R03 147 ._. R03 148 ^ *'_*' you_PP2 see_VB ,_, \0Mrs_NPT Buttery_NP ,_, **'_**' said_VBD R03 148 the_ATI little_JJ man_NN rather_RB sadly_RB R03 149 now_RN ,_, but_CC very_QL fast_RB ,_, like_IN a_AT comic_NN R03 149 spouting_VBG gags_NNS ,_, *'_*' the_ATI value_NN of_IN the_ATI R03 150 policy_NN would_MD be_BE worked_VBN out_RP entirely_RB according_IN R03 150 to_IN" your_PP$ husband's_NN$ R03 151 earnings_NNS ._. ^ I_PP1A 'm_BEM afraid_JJ we_PP1AS can_MD n't_XNOT R03 151 take_VB yours_PP$$ into_IN account_NN at_IN all_ABN ._. ^ it_PP3 's_BEZ R03 151 a_AT R03 152 rule_NN of_IN \0I.I.I_NP ._. ^ you_PP2 see_VB ,_, you_PP2 might_MD R03 152 stop_VB work_NN to_TO have_HV *-_*- well_UH ,_, R03 153 for_IN all_ABN sorts_NNS of_IN reasons_NNS ,_, or_CC you_PP2 might_MD R03 153 leave_VB him_PP3O ._. **'_**' R03 154 ^ *'_*' but_CC how_WRB utterly_RB extraordinary_JJ ,_, **'_**' R03 154 said_VBD Serena_NP angrily_RB ,_, *'_*' you_PP2 R03 155 must_MD be_BE living_VBG in_IN the_ATI nineteenth_OD century_NN ._. R03 155 **'_**' R03 156 ^ *'_*' oh_UH ,_, but_CC it_PP3 's_BEZ a_AT very_QL general_JJ R03 156 rule_NN ,_, \0Mrs_NPT Buttery_NP ,_, you_PP2 'll_MD find_VB R03 157 that_CS no_ATI insurance_NN companies_NNS ,_, or_CC building_NN R03 157 societies_NNS ,_, for_IN that_DT matter_NN ,_, R03 158 will_MD allow_VB for_IN the_ATI wife's_NN$ earnings_NNS ._. ^ our_PP$ R03 158 lawyers_NNS *-_*- **'_**' R03 159 ^ *'_*' who_WP are_BER your_PP$ lawyers_NNS ?_? **'_**' R03 160 ^ *'_*' Clacton's_NP$ ._. **'_**' R03 161 ^ *'_*' well_UH ,_, I_PP1A 'm_BEM damned_VBN ._. **'_**' R03 162 ^ *'_*' now_RN ,_, let_VB me_PP1O see_VB ,_, you_PP2 say_VB your_PP$ R03 162 husband_NN earns_VBZ about_RB ..._... yes_UH ,_, that_DT R03 163 would_MD come_VB to_IN ..._... three_CD ,_, carry_VB seven_CD ,_, R03 163 six_CD nines_CDS are_BER fifty_CD four_CD *-_*- of_RB R03 164 course_RB" we_PP1AS 'd_MD have_HV to_TO have_HV some_DTI sort_NN of_IN R03 164 proof_NN ,_, you_PP2 know_VB ,_, it_PP3 's_BEZ very_QL R03 165 difficult_JJ with_IN self-employed_JJ persons_NNS ,_, carry_VB two_CD R03 165 ._. ^ yes_UH ._. ^ I_PP1A 'm_BEM afraid_JJ we_PP1AS R03 166 could_MD n't_XNOT raise_VB this_DT loan_NN to_IN more_AP than_IN R03 166 three_CD thousand_CD three_CD fifty_CD at_IN R03 167 the_ATI most_AP ._. ^ now_RN you_PP2 could_MD get_VB quite_ABL a_AT R03 167 nice_JJ little_JJ semi-detached_JJ house_NN R03 168 in_IN Grimstead_NP for_IN three_CD thousand_CD ,_, that_DT 's_BEZ R03 168 where_WRB I_PP1A live_VB ,_, just_RB before_IN the_ATI R03 169 green_JJ belt_NN ,_, lovely_JJ and_CC modern_JJ ,_, you_PP2 know_VB ._. R03 169 ^ I_PP1A forgot_VBD to_TO tell_VB you_PP2 ,_, we_PP1AS R03 170 do_DO n't_XNOT usually_RB lend_VB any_DTI house_NN built_VBN R03 170 earlier_RBR than_IN 1918_CD ._. **'_**' R03 171 ^ but_CC Serena_NP was_BEDZ not_XNOT easily_RB discouraged_VBN ._. ^ R03 171 she_PP3A had_HVD ,_, moreover_RB ,_, a_AT R03 172 reasonable_JJ endowment_NN of_IN intelligence_NN and_CC enough_DTI R03 172 analytical_JJ training_NN ,_, R03 173 specialised_VBN though_CS it_PP3 was_BEDZ ,_, to_TO get_VB to_IN R03 173 grips_NNS with_IN the_ATI more_QL megalomaniac_JJ R03 174 vagaries_NNS of_IN an_AT unfamiliar_JJ world_NN ._. ^ within_IN R03 174 three_CD days_NNS she_PP3A had_HVD worked_VBN it_PP3 R03 175 all_ABN out_RP ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ all_ABN quite_RB clear_JJ ._. ^ R03 175 houses_NNS were_BED too_QL expensive_JJ ,_, at_IN any_DTI R03 176 rate_NN for_IN poor_JJ self-employed_JJ individualists_NNS like_IN R03 176 themselves_PPLS ,_, who_WPR R03 177 nevertheless_RB hankered_VBD for_IN respectability_NN and_CC R03 177 membership_NN of_IN the_ATI new_JJ and_CC R03 178 widespread_JJ ,_, property-owning_JJ ,_, affluent_JJ middle-class_NN R03 178 ._. ^ therefore_RB they_PP3AS R03 179 would_MD buy_VB part_NN of_IN a_AT house_NN ._. ^ the_ATI market_NN R03 179 was_BEDZ flooded_VBN with_IN long-lease_JJB R03 180 flats_NNS for_IN sale_NN ,_, on_IN one_CD1 and_CC sometimes_RB two_CD R03 180 floors_NNS of_IN vast_JJ Victorian_JNP R03 181 mansions_NNS ,_, bought_VBN up_RP by_IN speculators_NNS and_CC R03 181 converted_VBN with_IN more_AP paint_NN than_IN R03 182 architecture_NN ,_, a_AT glass_NN door_NN here_RN and_CC there_RN ,_, R03 182 a_AT vine-leaf_NN or_CC cabbage-rose_NN R03 183 paper_NN on_IN one_CD1 of_IN the_ATI walls_NNS ,_, a_AT stainless_JJ R03 183 steel_NN kitchen-sink_NN with_IN perhaps_RB R03 184 a_AT *+45_NNU waste-disposal_NN unit_NN to_TO send_VB the_ATI price_NN R03 184 up_RP by_IN a_AT couple_NN of_IN hundred_CD R03 185 more_AP ._. R03 186 ^ *'_*' you_PP2 see_VB ,_, **'_**' she_PP3A propounded_VBD to_IN R03 186 Rupert_NP after_CS her_PP$ last_AP patient_NN had_HVD R03 187 gone_VBN ,_, *'_*' we_PP1AS can_MD get_VB three_CD thousand_CD three_CD R03 187 fifty_CD ,_, perhaps_RB a_AP little_AP" more_AP R03 188 if_CS we_PP1AS can_MD cheat_VB your_PP$ earnings_NNS a_AT bit_NN ._. ^ R03 188 I_PP1A 'm_BEM sure_JJ you_PP2 could_MD raise_VB the_ATI R03 189 rest_NN from_IN one_CD1 of_IN your_PP$ publishers_NNS ,_, get_VB two_CD R03 189 books_NNS commissioned_VBN and_CC write_VB R03 190 them_PP3OS later_RBR ._. ^ I_PP1A 've_HV got_VBN a_AT bit_NN owing_VBG R03 190 too_RB ._. ^ now_RN ,_, I_PP1A saw_VBD some_DTI flats_NNS in_IN R03 191 Hendon_NP for_IN four_CD \0thou_CD ,_, and_CC some_DTI in_IN West_NP R03 191 Hampstead_NP for_IN four_CD two_CD fifty_CD ,_, R03 192 two_CD beds_NNS ,_, two_CD reception_NN ,_, \0k_NN and_CC \0b_NN ,_, R03 192 just_RB think_VB ,_, our_PP$ own_AP bathroom_NN ._. R03 193 ^ much_RB more_QL spacious_JJ than_IN that_DT poky_JJ little_JJ R03 193 cottage_NN ,_, which_WDTR was_BEDZ n't_XNOT a_AT bit_NN R03 194 practical_JJ really_RB ,_, the_ATI reception_NN room_NN was_BEDZ too_QL R03 194 small_JJ when_WRB divided_VBN and_CC R03 195 too_QL big_JJ when_WRB not_XNOT ._. R04 2 my_PP$ work_NN for_IN the_ATI Russian_JNP secret_JJ service_NN ._. R04 3 ^ by_IN Bernard_NP Hollowood_NP ,_, in_IN an_AT interview_NN with_IN R04 3 Barry_NP Normanton_NP ._. R04 4 ^ I_PP1A had_HVD been_BEN working_VBG at_IN the_ATI council_NN of_IN R04 4 industrial_JJ design_NN ,_, in_IN R04 5 Petty_NP France_NP ,_, for_IN about_RB three_CD months_NNS when_WRB R04 5 it_PP3 happened_VBD ._. ^ one_CD1 day_NN my_PP$ R04 6 secretary_NN announced_VBD that_CS *'_*' a_AT foreign-looking_JJ R04 6 gentleman_NN **'_**' wished_VBD to_TO R04 7 see_VB me_PP1O about_IN a_AT new_JJ plastic_NN fabric_NN he_PP3A R04 7 had_HVD invented_VBN ._. R04 8 ^ *'_*' plastics_NNS ,_, schmastics_NNS !_! **'_**' I_PP1A said_VBD R04 8 ._. ^ *'_*' tell_VB him_PP3O I_PP1A 'm_BEM not_XNOT ..._... R04 9 ._. **'_**' ^ and_CC at_IN that_DT moment_NN \0Mr_NPT Rudi_NP Smith_NP R04 9 announced_VBD himself_PPL and_CC strode_VBD into_IN R04 10 the_ATI office_NN ._. R04 11 ^ *'_*' please_UH ,_, see_VB ,_, **'_**' he_PP3A said_VBD ,_, R04 11 holding_VBG up_RP a_AT square_NN of_IN shiny_JJ material_NN ,_, R04 12 *'_*' it_PP3 do_DO n't_XNOT creasing_VBG ,_, it_PP3 do_DO n't_XNOT R04 12 shrinking_VBG ,_, it_PP3 do_DO n't_XNOT ripping_VBG ._. ^ I_PP1A R04 13 show_VB ._. **'_**' ^ he_PP3A tugged_VBD at_IN the_ATI plastic_NN R04 13 which_WDTR immediately_RB and_CC noiselessly_RB R04 14 split_VBD down_IN the_ATI middle_NN ._. ^ \0Mr_NPT Smith_NP laughed_VBD R04 14 ._. ^ *'_*' ah_UH ,_, **'_**' he_PP3A said_VBD ,_, *'_*' I_PP1A R04 15 notice_VB you_PP2 having_HVG sense_NN of_IN humour_NN ._. **'_**' R04 16 ^ over_IN lunch_NN I_PP1A got_VBD to_TO know_VB him_PP3O better_RBR R04 16 ._. R04 17 ^ we_PP1AS arranged_VBD to_TO meet_VB again_RB in_IN Toni's_NP$ R04 17 Cafe*?2_NPL off_IN Bread_NP Street_NPL ._. R04 18 ^ for_IN recognition_NN purposes_NNS I_PP1A was_BEDZ to_TO carry_VB R04 18 a_AT small_JJ hammer_NN in_IN one_CD1 hand_NN ,_, a_AT R04 19 tiny_JJ sickle_NN in_IN the_ATI other_AP ,_, and_CC the_ATI password_NN R04 19 was_BEDZ to_TO be_BE *'_*' Herbert_NC R04 20 Read_NC ._. **'_**' ^ fifteen_CD years_NNS ago_RB I_PP1A was_BEDZ R04 20 pretty_RB innocent_JJ ._. ^ you_PP2 will_MD have_HV to_TO R04 21 believe_VB me_PP1O when_WRB I_PP1A tell_VB you_PP2 that_CS my_PP$ R04 21 suspicions_NNS were_BED not_XNOT yet_RB aroused_VBN ._. R04 22 ^ over_IN coffee_NN and_CC pretzels_NNS we_PP1AS talked_VBD ._. ^ R04 22 I_PP1A complimented_VBD him_PP3O on_IN the_ATI R04 23 improvement_NN in_IN his_PP$ English_NNP ._. ^ *'_*' it_PP3 is_BEZ R04 23 nothing_PN ,_, **'_**' he_PP3A said_VBD ._. ^ *'_*' I_PP1A R04 24 perfected_VBD my_PP$ speech_NN in_TO order_TO" to_TO" know_VB you_PP2 R04 24 better_RBR ._. **'_**' R04 25 ^ and_CC then_RN he_PP3A launched_VBD into_IN a_AT long_JJ ,_, R04 25 exciting_JJ history_NN of_IN the_ATI birth_NN R04 26 of_IN communism_NN ,_, giving_VBG credit_NN punctiliously_RB to_IN R04 26 the_ATI work_NN in_IN England_NP of_IN R04 27 Marx_NP and_CC Engels_NP ,_, and_CC touching_VBG briefly_RB on_IN R04 27 such_ABL matters_NNS as_IN dialectical_JJ R04 28 materialism_NN ,_, the_ATI marginal_JJ utility_NN of_IN land_NN ,_, R04 28 and_CC Ernest_NP Bevin_NP ._. R04 29 ^ *'_*' you_PP2 too_RB are_BER for_IN freedom_NN ,_, comrade_NN ,_, R04 29 **'_**' he_PP3A said_VBD ._. R04 30 ^ I_PP1A nodded_VBD my_PP$ agreement_NN ._. R04 31 ^ *'_*' it_PP3 is_BEZ a_AT new_JJ technique_NN ,_, evolved_VBN in_IN R04 31 the_ATI Kiev_NP University_NPL faculty_NN R04 32 of_IN psychological_JJ warfare_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 is_BEZ called_VBN R04 32 brain-washing_NN ._. **'_**' R04 33 ^ what_WDT \0Mr_NPT Smith_NP wanted_VBD me_PP1O to_TO do_DO *-_*- R04 33 and_CC he_PP3A was_BEDZ of_RB course_RB" prepared_VBN R04 34 to_TO pay_VB handsomely_RB ,_, in_IN pounds_NNS ,_, dollars_NNS ,_, R04 34 ration_NN books_NNS ,_, anything_PN *-_*- was_BEDZ to_TO R04 35 deal_VB him_PP3O the_ATI details_NNS ,_, plans_NNS and_CC R04 35 prototypes_NNS of_IN the_ATI goods_NNS being_BEG R04 36 collected_VBN together_RB for_IN the_ATI great_JJ *'_*' Britain_NP R04 36 can_MD make_VB it_PP3 **'_**' exhibition_NN ._. R04 37 ^ he_PP3A seemed_VBD particularly_RB interested_JJ in_IN Wedgwood_NP R04 37 beakers_NNS ,_, a_AT Decca_NP R04 38 record-player_NN and_CC Cooper's_NP$ Oxford_NP marmalade_NN ._. R04 39 ^ *'_*' but_CC if_CS you_PP2 think_VB British_JNP industrial_JJ R04 39 design_NN is_BEZ so_QL hot_JJ ,_, **'_**' I_PP1A R04 40 said_VBD ,_, *'_*' why_WRB do_DO n't_XNOT you_PP2 go_VB ahead_RB and_CC R04 40 copy_VB it_PP3 ,_, like_IN the_ATI Japanese_NNPS ?_? **'_**' R04 41 ^ *'_*' that_DT would_MD be_BE unethical_JJ ,_, **'_**' he_PP3A R04 41 said_VBD ,_, shaking_VBG his_PP$ head_NN ._. R04 42 ^ *'_*' besides_RI we_PP1AS have_HV n't_XNOT the_ATI manpower_NN R04 42 available_JJ for_IN such_ABL work_NN ._. **'_**' R04 43 ^ every_AT month_NN for_IN two_CD years_NNS we_PP1AS met_VBD ,_, R04 43 never_RB of_RB course_RB" at_IN the_ATI same_AP R04 44 place_NN twice_RB ._. ^ usually_RB it_PP3 was_BEDZ in_IN the_ATI R04 44 stand_NN at_IN a_AT football_NN match_NN ,_, in_IN some_DTI R04 45 billiards_NN saloon_NN or_CC strip_NN show_NN ._. ^ then_RN we_PP1AS R04 45 would_MD repair_VB ,_, separately_RB and_CC R04 46 by_IN different_JJ routes_NNS ,_, to_IN his_PP$ rooms_NNS on_IN the_ATI R04 46 eighth_OD floor_NN of_IN the_ATI Sudbury_NP R04 47 Hotel_NPL in_IN Chiswick_NP ,_, where_WRB he_PP3A kept_VBD a_AT R04 47 small_JJ radio_NN transmitter_NN and_CC all_ABN the_ATI R04 48 other_AP paraphernalia_NNS of_IN his_PP$ nefarious_JJ craft_NN ._. R04 49 ^ *'_*' to_TO think_VB ,_, **'_**' I_PP1A said_VBD to_IN him_PP3O R04 49 one_CD1 day_NN ,_, *'_*' that_CS in_IN a_AP few_AP" moments_NNS R04 50 these_DTS microfilmed_JJ working_NN drawings_NNS of_IN Mappin's_NP$ R04 50 improved_JJ percolator_NN R04 51 will_MD be_BE in_IN Moscow_NP !_! **'_**' R04 52 ^ *'_*' alas_UH ,_, **'_**' he_PP3A said_VBD ,_, *'_*' the_ATI R04 52 radius_NN of_IN transmission_NN is_BEZ small_JJ ._. ^ the_ATI R04 53 information_NN will_MD be_BE picked_VBN up_RP by_IN our_PP$ receiver_NN R04 53 in_IN Reigate_NP and_CC from_IN R04 54 there_RN smuggled_VBN out_RP of_IN the_ATI country_NN by_IN pigeon_NN R04 54 *-_*- first_RB to_IN Dinard_NP ,_, then_RN to_IN R04 55 Ko"ln_NP ,_, and_CC from_IN there_RN by_IN fast_JJ car_NN to_IN R04 55 Moscow_NP ._. **'_**' R04 56 ^ the_ATI first_OD break_NN in_IN our_PP$ arrangement_NN R04 56 occurred_VBD after_IN about_RB eighteen_CD R04 57 months_NNS ._. ^ he_PP3A had_HVD been_BEN complaining_VBG about_IN R04 57 the_ATI slow_JJ rate_NN at_IN which_WDTR I_PP1A was_BEDZ R04 58 feeding_VBG him_PP3O the_ATI designs_NNS of_IN British_JNP consumer_NN R04 58 goods_NNS ._. ^ *'_*' Moscow_NP ,_, **'_**' he_PP3A R04 59 said_VBD ,_, *'_*' is_BEZ furious_JJ ._. ^ the_ATI second_OD R04 59 five-year_JJB plan_NN is_BEZ nearly_RB up_RP and_CC all_ABN we_PP1AS R04 60 have_HV so_QL far_RB are_BER the_ATI drawings_NNS for_IN a_AT new_JJ R04 60 cut-glass_JJB decanter_NN ,_, an_AT improved_JJ R04 61 aluminium_NN percolator_NN ,_, a_AT trouser-press_NN and_CC a_AT pen_NN R04 61 that_WPR writes_VBZ wet_JJ with_IN R04 62 dry_JJ ink_NN ._. ^ the_ATI economy_NN of_IN the_ATI \0USSR_NP is_BEZ R04 62 becoming_VBG lop-sided_JJ ._. R04 63 ^ beyond_IN the_ATI Urals_NPS 350,000_CD men_NNS and_CC women_NNS R04 63 sit_VB idle_JJ at_IN the_ATI giant_JJB R04 64 refrigerator_NN plant_NN waiting_VBG for_IN plans_NNS ._. ^ our_PP$ R04 64 department_NN store_NN is_BEZ R04 65 overflowing_VBG with_IN pens_NNS ._. ^ Stalin_NP is_BEZ livid_JJ ._. R04 65 **'_**' R04 66 ^ and_CC then_RN he_PP3A told_VBD me_PP1O about_IN Russia's_NP$ R04 66 long-term_JJB struggle_NN to_TO wage_VB R04 67 economic_JJ war_NN on_IN the_ATI West_NP ._. ^ *'_*' the_ATI bomb_NN R04 67 means_VBZ military_JJ stalemate_NN ,_, **'_**' he_PP3A R04 68 said_VBD ._. ^ *'_*' from_IN now_RN on_RP we_PP1AS fight_VB for_IN R04 68 economic_JJ supremacy_NN in_IN the_ATI world's_NN$ R04 69 markets_NNS ,_, in_IN the_ATI uncommitted_JJ nations_NNS ._. ^ we_PP1AS R04 69 Russians_NNPS have_HV no_ATI experience_NN R04 70 of_IN consumer_NN goods_NNS ._. ^ you_PP2 British_NNPS are_BER R04 70 renowned_JJ as_IN the_ATI world's_NN$ R04 71 shopkeepers_NNS ,_, so_CS *-_*- **'_**' R04 72 ^ *'_*' some_DTI people_NNS ,_, **'_**' I_PP1A interrupted_VBD ,_, R04 72 *'_*' would_MD say_VB that_CS the_ATI Americans_NNPS R04 73 now_RN have_HV the_ATI lead_NN in_IN industrial_JJ design_NN ._. R04 73 **'_**' R04 74 ^ *'_*' American_JNP design_NN is_BEZ vulgar_JJ ._. ^ no_ATI R04 74 character_NN ._. ^ the_ATI British_NNPS have_HV R04 75 dignity_NN and_CC taste_NN and_CC quality_NN ._. ^ please_UH ,_, R04 75 comrade_NN ,_, will_MD you_PP2 not_XNOT R04 76 co-operate_VB in_IN the_ATI interests_NNS of_IN world_NN communism_NN R04 76 ?_? **'_**' R04 77 ^ after_IN this_DT I_PP1A visited_VBD \0Mr_NPT Smith_NP very_QL R04 77 seldom_RB ,_, and_CC if_CS my_PP$ memory_NN R04 78 serves_VBZ me_PP1O correctly_RB ,_, the_ATI only_AP additional_JJ R04 78 secrets_NNS I_PP1A handed_VBD over_RP were_BED R04 79 plans_NNS for_IN a_AT new-style_JJB cardigan_NN ,_, a_AT patent_NN R04 79 cycle_NN hub-cap_NN ,_, a_AT beer-engine_NN R04 80 and_CC some_DTI air-line_NN cutlery_NN ._. ^ our_PP$ me*?2salliance_NN R04 80 slowly_RB collapsed_VBD and_CC R04 81 until_IN last_AP week_NN I_PP1A had_HVD almost_RB succeeded_VBN in_IN R04 81 forgetting_VBG all_RB about_IN it_PP3 ._. R04 82 ^ what_WDT brought_VBD it_PP3 back_RP were_BED the_ATI recorded_JJ R04 82 impressions_NNS made_VBN by_IN R04 83 \0BBC_NP reporters_NNS of_IN their_PP$ May_NR day_NN visit_NN to_IN R04 83 Moscow_NP ._. ^ several_AP of_IN R04 84 them_PP3OS visited_VBD the_ATI great_JJ department_NN store_NN ,_, R04 84 Gum_NP ,_, and_CC were_BED surprised_JJ to_TO R04 85 find_VB that_CS many_AP of_IN the_ATI goods_NNS on_IN sale_NN bore_VBD R04 85 a_AT striking_JJ resemblance_NN to_IN R04 86 their_PP$ counterparts_NNS in_IN British_JNP shops_NNS *-_*- R04 86 particularly_RB the_ATI ball-point_NN R04 87 pens_NNS ,_, cardigans_NNS and_CC cut-glass_JJB decanters_NNS ._. R04 88 ^ needless_JJ to_TO say_VB ,_, I_PP1A was_BEDZ not_XNOT surprised_JJ R04 88 ._. R04 89 ^ Gwyn_NP Thomas_NP ._. R04 90 ^ growing_VBG up_RP in_IN Meadow_NP Prospect_NP ._. R04 91 ^ 6_CD reluctant_JJ trouper_NN ._. R04 92 ^ most_AP of_IN us_PP1OS come_VB through_IN the_ATI years_NNS R04 92 flanked_VBN by_IN actors_NNS R04 93 manque*?2s_JJ who_WPR placate_VB the_ATI virus_NN by_IN getting_VBG R04 93 hold_NN of_IN us_PP1OS from_IN time_NN to_IN R04 94 time_NN ,_, plastering_VBG paint_NN on_IN our_PP$ faces_NNS and_CC R04 94 pushing_VBG us_PP1OS into_IN any_DTI strong_JJ R04 95 light_NN that_WPR happens_VBZ to_TO be_BE handy_JJ ._. R04 96 ^ my_PP$ own_AP Svengali_NP was_BEDZ a_AT teacher_NN called_VBN R04 96 Howie_NP ._. ^ over_IN the_ATI whole_JJ R04 97 period_NN of_IN my_PP$ youth_NN he_PP3A kept_VBD after_IN me_PP1O ._. ^ R04 97 I_PP1A do_DO n't_XNOT know_VB exactly_RB what_WDT kind_NN R04 98 of_IN a_AT dog_NN Francis_NP Thompson's_NP$ hound_NN of_IN heaven_NN R04 98 was_BEDZ but_CC if_CS it_PP3 was_BEDZ R04 99 surer-footed_JJR than_IN Howie_NP I_PP1A would_MD be_BE surprised_JJ R04 99 ._. ^ I_PP1A am_BEM not_XNOT sure_JJ what_WDT the_ATI R04 100 hound_NN wanted_VBD of_IN Thompson_NP but_CC what_WDT Howie_NP R04 100 required_VBD of_IN me_PP1O was_BEDZ very_QL R04 101 simple_JJ ._. ^ he_PP3A wanted_VBD me_PP1O to_TO act_VB ._. R04 102 ^ the_ATI relationship_NN began_VBD in_IN the_ATI primary_JJ R04 102 School_NPL ._. ^ I_PP1A was_BEDZ about_RB ten_CD ._. R04 103 ^ Howie_NP was_BEDZ a_AT graduate_NN who_WPR had_HVD failed_VBN to_TO R04 103 get_VB a_AT grammar_NN School_NPL post_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A R04 104 was_BEDZ disgruntled_JJ ,_, idle_JJ and_CC apparently_RB mad_JJ ._. ^ R04 104 he_PP3A had_HVD a_AT dark_JJ ,_, dissolute_JJ R04 105 face_NN and_CC his_PP$ main_JJB tactic_NN was_BEDZ to_TO lean_VB R04 105 against_IN a_AT window_NN ledge_NN ,_, looking_VBG R04 106 at_IN us_PP1OS from_IN between_IN his_PP$ fingers_NNS ,_, as_CS if_CS" R04 106 ,_, for_IN sanity's_NN$ sake_NN ,_, he_PP3A was_BEDZ R04 107 rationing_VBG the_ATI sight_NN of_IN us_PP1OS ._. ^ the_ATI R04 107 school's_NN$ curriculum_NN was_BEDZ narrow_JJ and_CC R04 108 Howie_NP ,_, by_IN the_ATI use_NN of_IN a_AT silent_JJ inertia_NN ,_, R04 108 brought_VBD it_PP3 to_IN the_ATI point_NN of_IN R04 109 vanishing_VBG ._. ^ he_PP3A was_BEDZ convinced_VBN that_CS we_PP1AS R04 109 were_BED all_ABN perfectly_RB able_JJ to_TO write_VB ,_, R04 110 spell_VB and_CC figure_VB ,_, but_CC that_CS we_PP1AS were_BED R04 110 making_VBG a_AT show_NN of_IN being_BEG misinformed_VBN R04 111 to_TO bring_VB Howie_NP a_AT daily_JJ inch_NN nearer_IN his_PP$ last_AP R04 111 seizure_NN ._. ^ at_IN any_DTI show_NN of_IN R04 112 idiocy_NN he_PP3A would_MD shout_VB :_: ^ *'_*' nature_NN bleeds_VBZ R04 112 ,_, but_CC I_PP1A did_DOD n't_XNOT go_VB to_IN University_NPL R04 113 to_TO be_BE a_AT first-aid_JJB man_NN ._. ^ wound_VB it_PP3 some_RB R04 113 more_RBR ._. **'_**' R04 114 ^ Howie_NP was_BEDZ a_AT Welsh_JNP nationalist_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A R04 114 swam_VBD like_IN a_AT duck_NN around_IN the_ATI R04 115 tank_NN of_IN tears_NNS that_WPR is_BEZ fixed_VBN firmly_RB in_IN R04 115 any_DTI Celtic_JNP past_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A wrote_VBD R04 116 patriotic_JJ playlets_NNS ._. ^ Howie_NP had_HVD stared_VBN at_IN R04 116 me_PP1O for_IN a_AT long_JJ time_NN and_CC he_PP3A R04 117 said_VBD I_PP1A had_HVD the_ATI true_JJ truculent_JJ face_NN of_IN R04 117 an_AT embattled_JJ Celt_NNP ,_, the_ATI sort_NN of_IN R04 118 features_NNS that_WPR had_HVD looked_VBN down_RP at_IN the_ATI R04 118 Saxons_NNPS through_IN the_ATI fogs_NNS of_IN R04 119 Snowdon_NP ,_, thickening_VBG them_PP3OS ._. ^ I_PP1A tried_VBD to_TO R04 119 explain_VB to_IN Howie_NP that_CS my_PP$ scowl_NN R04 120 had_HVD nothing_PN to_TO do_DO with_IN my_PP$ being_BEG Welsh_JNP or_CC R04 120 a_AT bristling_JJ insurgent_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A R04 121 looked_VBD the_ATI way_NN I_PP1A did_DOD because_CS I_PP1A was_BEDZ R04 121 in_IN the_ATI first_OD stage_NN of_IN nicotine_NN R04 122 poisoning_NN ,_, genuinely_RB foxed_VBN in_IN my_PP$ attempts_NNS to_TO R04 122 find_VB any_DTI hint_NN of_IN promise_NN R04 123 or_CC logic_NN in_IN my_PP$ environment_NN ,_, and_CC subject_JJ to_IN R04 123 some_DTI terrible_JJ ventral_JJ R04 124 upsets_NNS brought_VBN on_RP by_IN an_AT unwise_JJ excess_NN of_IN R04 124 lentils_NNS in_IN the_ATI Meadow_NP R04 125 Prospect_NP diet_NN ._. R04 126 ^ but_CC I_PP1A played_VBD along_RP with_IN Howie_NP ._. ^ the_ATI R04 126 play_NN cycle_NN he_PP3A had_HVD written_VBN had_HVN R04 127 two_CD wheels_NNS :_: anguish_NN and_CC insurrection_NN ,_, and_CC R04 127 I_PP1A was_BEDZ the_ATI boy_NN who_WPR did_DOD the_ATI R04 128 major_JJ pedalling_NN ._. ^ my_PP$ first_OD appearance_NN in_IN each_DT R04 128 case_NN was_BEDZ as_IN a_AT captive_NN R04 129 and_CC in_IN this_DT Howie_NP left_VBD nothing_PN to_IN the_ATI R04 129 fancy_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A would_MD walk_VB on_RP to_IN the_ATI R04 130 stage_NN bowed_VBN down_RP by_IN chains_NNS ._. ^ these_DTS were_BED R04 130 very_QL real_JJ chains_NNS and_CC they_PP3AS R04 131 slowed_VBD me_PP1O down_RP considerably_RB ._. ^ most_AP of_IN the_ATI R04 131 first_OD act_NN was_BEDZ taken_VBN up_RP with_IN R04 132 me_PP1O moving_VBG from_IN the_ATI wings_NNS to_IN the_ATI middle_NN R04 132 of_IN the_ATI stage_NN ,_, clanking_VBG and_CC R04 133 enraged_VBN ,_, to_TO be_BE told_VBN by_IN some_DTI king_NN or_CC R04 133 chieftain_NN to_TO get_VB used_JJ to_IN these_DTS R04 134 trimmings_NNS because_CS they_PP3AS were_BED to_TO be_BE on_IN me_PP1O R04 134 for_IN life_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A hated_VBD those_DTS R04 135 chains_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS had_HVD been_BEN left_VBN in_IN the_ATI R04 135 memorial_NN Hall_NPL by_IN some_DTI escapologist_NN R04 136 with_IN a_AT leaking_JJ memory_NN who_WPR forgot_VBD not_XNOT only_RB R04 136 the_ATI essential_JJ details_NNS of_IN R04 137 trickery_NN that_WPR would_MD have_HV him_PP3O sailing_VBG out_RP of_IN R04 137 boxes_NNS and_CC sacks_NNS ,_, but_CC also_RB R04 138 left_VBD his_PP$ equipment_NN behind_IN him_PP3O ._. ^ in_IN the_ATI R04 138 memorial_NN Hall_NPL he_PP3A had_HVD had_HVN R04 139 himself_PPL chained_VBN up_RP and_CC enclosed_VBN in_IN a_AT sealed_JJ R04 139 barrel_NN from_IN which_WDTR he_PP3A R04 140 proposed_VBD to_TO make_VB his_PP$ escape_NN in_IN four_CD minutes_NNS R04 140 ._. ^ the_ATI darkness_NN must_MD have_HV R04 141 put_VBN him_PP3O off_IN his_PP$ stroke_NN ,_, or_CC the_ATI chains_NNS R04 141 were_BED of_IN too_QL honest_JJ a_AT brand_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 R04 142 took_VBD two_CD coopers_NNS or_CC hoopers_NNS to_TO get_VB him_PP3O R04 142 out_RP ._. R04 143 ^ the_ATI play_NN on_IN which_WDTR Howie_NP expended_VBD the_ATI R04 143 most_AP labour_NN was_BEDZ one_CD1 which_WDTR R04 144 showed_VBD \0St_NPT David_NP founding_VBG his_PP$ cathedral_NN on_IN R04 144 the_ATI cliffs_NNS of_IN R04 145 Pembrokeshire_NP where_WRB a_AT couple_NN of_IN his_PP$ shin_NN R04 145 bones_NNS can_MD still_RB be_BE seen_VBN ._. R04 146 ^ there_EX was_BEDZ some_DTI talk_NN of_IN my_PP$ taking_VBG the_ATI R04 146 part_NN of_IN the_ATI saint_NN and_CC I_PP1A worked_VBD R04 147 my_PP$ face_NN into_IN a_AT whole_JJ new_JJ set_NN of_IN patterns_NNS R04 147 to_TO be_BE able_JJ to_TO present_VB a_AT R04 148 picture_NN of_IN gentle_JJ innocence_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A thought_VBD R04 148 that_CS this_DT might_MD possibly_RB mark_VB R04 149 the_ATI opening_NN of_IN a_AT new_JJ phase_NN of_IN more_QL R04 149 tractable_JJ and_CC nourishing_JJ R04 150 relationships_NNS with_IN my_PP$ fellows_NNS ,_, and_CC I_PP1A could_MD R04 150 shed_VB that_DT iron_NN top-coat_NN ._. R04 151 ^ but_CC Howie_NP was_BEDZ dubious_JJ ._. ^ the_ATI sight_NN of_IN R04 151 me_PP1O fettered_VBN and_CC revolted_VBN had_HVD R04 152 become_VBN one_CD1 of_IN his_PP$ drawing_NN cards_NNS ,_, and_CC it_PP3 R04 152 seemed_VBD to_TO pull_VB a_AT satisfying_JJ R04 153 bristle_NN of_IN excitement_NN over_IN the_ATI dry_JJ skin_NN of_IN R04 153 his_PP$ psyche_NN ._. R04 154 ^ he_PP3A enquired_VBD of_IN a_AP few_AP" local_JJ hagiologists_NNS R04 154 as_IN to_IN" whether_CS \0St_NPT David_NP R04 155 had_HVD ever_RB gone_VBN around_RP in_IN chains_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS R04 155 said_VBD no_UH ,_, all_ABN agreeing_VBG that_CS David_NP R04 156 had_HVD been_BEN a_AT fairly_RB limber_JJ intriguer_NN with_IN a_AT R04 156 way_NN of_IN keeping_VBG on_IN the_ATI right_JJ R04 157 side_NN of_IN the_ATI gyves_NNS ._. ^ then_RN Howie_NP had_HVD the_ATI R04 157 idea_NN of_IN casting_VBG me_PP1O as_IN the_ATI R04 158 sullen_JJ landlord_NN ,_, a_AT pagan_JJ bully_NN ,_, who_WPR takes_VBZ R04 158 pleasure_NN in_IN saying_VBG that_CS he_PP3A R04 159 would_MD much_RB prefer_VB to_TO put_VB David_NP over_IN the_ATI R04 159 cliff_NN than_CS let_VB him_PP3O have_HV the_ATI R04 160 land_NN required_VBN for_IN building_VBG the_ATI cathedral_NN ._. ^ R04 160 but_CC Howie_NP could_MD see_VB no_ATI way_NN R04 161 of_IN having_HVG this_DT landlord_NN appear_VB in_IN chains_NNS ._. ^ R04 161 the_ATI whole_JJ point_NN of_IN the_ATI play_NN R04 162 was_BEDZ that_CS from_IN the_ATI beginning_NN to_IN the_ATI end_NN R04 162 where_WRB he_PP3A is_BEZ struck_VBN down_RP by_IN a_AT R04 163 miracle_NN this_DT landlord_NN is_BEZ a_AT puissant_JJ and_CC R04 163 overbearing_JJ man_NN ._. ^ but_CC Howie_NP R04 164 worked_VBD me_PP1O in_RP after_IN a_AT lot_NN of_IN hard_JJ thinking_NN R04 164 ._. ^ in_IN the_ATI last_AP scene_NN the_ATI R04 165 landowner_NN is_BEZ raising_VBG a_AT club_NN to_IN \0St_NPT David_NP R04 165 and_CC the_ATI saint_NN just_RB stands_VBZ R04 166 there_RN smiling_VBG ,_, not_XNOT even_RB lifting_VBG his_PP$ R04 166 pastoral_JJ crook_NN ._. ^ in_IN the_ATI original_JJ R04 167 version_NN the_ATI landlord_NN gets_VBZ his_PP$ quittance_NN by_IN R04 167 some_DTI bit_NN of_IN intercession_NN R04 168 from_IN on_IN high_RB ._. ^ Howie_NP had_HVD favoured_VBN a_AT bolt_NN R04 168 but_CC this_DT would_MD have_HV been_BEN hard_JJ R04 169 to_TO stage_VB ,_, so_CS he_PP3A fell_VBD back_RP on_IN a_AT stroke_NN R04 169 ._. ^ then_RN he_PP3A got_VBD an_AT even_RB sharper_JJR R04 170 idea_NN ._. ^ as_CS the_ATI argument_NN between_IN the_ATI landowner_NN R04 170 and_CC the_ATI saint_NN is_BEZ warming_VBG R04 171 up_RP a_AT very_QL fierce-looking_JJ felon_NN ,_, chained_VBN ,_, R04 171 is_BEZ brought_VBN on_RP by_IN an_AT escort_NN of_IN R04 172 gaolers_NNS on_IN his_PP$ way_NN to_IN the_ATI gibbet_NN ._. ^ that_DT R04 172 was_BEDZ me_PP1O ,_, back_RP to_IN base_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A ask_VB R04 173 my_PP$ captors_NNS for_IN a_AP few_AP" minutes'_NNS$ pause_NN ._. ^ R04 173 the_ATI gibbet_NN is_BEZ a_AT fair_JJ way_NN from_IN R04 174 the_ATI gaol_NN and_CC the_ATI chains_NNS are_BER heavy_JJ ._. ^ I_PP1A R04 174 stare_VB at_IN the_ATI saint_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A am_BEM trying_VBG R04 175 to_TO remember_VB something_PN ._. ^ the_ATI memory_NN gets_VBZ R04 175 through_RP ._. ^ years_NNS before_RI ,_, in_IN the_ATI R04 176 middle_NN of_IN some_DTI bit_NN of_IN delinquency_NN I_PP1A had_HVD R04 176 been_BEN caught_VBN and_CC led_VBN before_IN the_ATI R04 177 saint_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A had_HVD fed_VBN me_PP1O and_CC advised_VBN R04 177 me_PP1O to_TO go_VB straight_RB ._. ^ he_PP3A had_HVD even_RB R04 178 given_VBN me_PP1O an_AT address_NN to_IN which_WDTR I_PP1A could_MD R04 178 go_VB and_CC apply_VB for_IN some_DTI sort_NN of_IN R04 179 honest_JJ work_NN ._. ^ but_CC I_PP1A had_HVD been_BEN making_VBG R04 179 too_QL much_AP of_IN a_AT noise_NN with_IN my_PP$ eating_NN R04 180 to_TO catch_VB the_ATI last_AP part_NN of_IN the_ATI address_NN ,_, R04 180 and_CC in_IN any_DTI case_NN I_PP1A was_BEDZ stupid_JJ R04 181 with_IN youth_NN and_CC flushed_VBN with_IN confidence_NN ._. ^ the_ATI R04 181 food_NN had_HVD merely_RB given_VBN me_PP1O R04 182 fresh_JJ strength_NN to_TO move_VB more_QL briskly_RB towards_IN R04 182 some_DTI new_JJ bit_NN of_IN R04 183 crookedness_NN ._. R05 2 the_ATI ghostess_NN ._. R05 3 ^ by_IN Betty_NP James_NP ._. R05 4 ^ *'_*' and_CC ,_, **'_**' added_VBD my_PP$ teenage_JJB son_NN ,_, R05 4 *'_*' we_PP1AS shall_MD also_RB need_VB a_AT R05 5 necking_NN room_NN ._. **'_**' R05 6 ^ coming_VBG as_CS it_PP3 did_DOD upon_IN previous_JJ requests_NNS R05 6 for_IN beer_NN and_CC cigarettes_NNS ,_, R05 7 this_DT caused_VBD me_PP1O violently_RB to_TO wish_VB that_CS I_PP1A R05 7 had_HVD never_RB agreed_VBN to_IN a_AT party_NN at_IN R05 8 all_ABN ,_, in_IN spite_IN" of_IN" the_ATI fact_NN that_CS my_PP$ R05 8 son_NN had_HVD filled_VBN me_PP1O with_IN pride_NN by_IN R05 9 undertaking_VBG a_AT paper-round_NN to_TO pay_VB for_IN it_PP3 ._. R05 10 ^ catching_VBG me_PP1O in_IN a_AT busy_JJ moment_NN ,_, he_PP3A R05 10 had_HVD asked_VBN me_PP1O if_CS I_PP1A would_MD mind_VB R05 11 lending_VBG the_ATI sitting-room_NN for_IN a_AT dance_NN for_IN his_PP$ R05 11 friends_NNS ;_; and_CC I_PP1A *-_*- my_PP$ R05 12 sanity_NN clouded_VBN with_IN visions_NNS of_IN launching_VBG my_PP$ R05 12 boy_NN handsomely_RB into_IN a_AT R05 13 reciprocal_JJ round_NN of_IN innocent_JJ entertainment_NN *-_*- had_HVD R05 13 foolhardily_RB agreed_VBN to_TO R05 14 roll_VB up_RP the_ATI carpet_NN one_CD1 night_NN and_CC to_TO go_VB R05 14 and_CC do_DO my_PP$ typing_NN elsewhere_RB ._. R05 15 ^ owing_IN to_IN" my_PP$ son's_NN$ easy-going_JJ disposition_NN R05 15 and_CC preference_NN for_IN the_ATI R05 16 exotic_JJ and_CC the_ATI modern_JJ ,_, it_PP3 suddenly_RB dawned_VBD R05 16 upon_IN me_PP1O that_CS I_PP1A was_BEDZ about_RP to_TO R05 17 meet_VB a_AT posse_NN of_IN embryo_NN beatniks_NNS and_CC ,_, as_CS R05 17 the_ATI date_NN of_IN the_ATI party_NN R05 18 approached_VBD and_CC the_ATI needs_NNS of_IN the_ATI occasion_NN R05 18 became_VBD more_QL and_CC more_QL R05 19 horrifying_JJ ,_, I_PP1A began_VBD to_TO doubt_VB the_ATI wisdom_NN R05 19 of_IN my_PP$ agreeing_VBG ._. ^ patently_RB ,_, the_ATI R05 20 party_NN was_BEDZ due_JJ to_TO last_VB all_ABN night_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A R05 20 telephoned_VBD a_AP few_AP" of_IN my_PP$ more_QL R05 21 off-beat_JJ friends_NNS and_CC was_BEDZ indulgently_RB advised_VBN R05 21 to_TO give_VB the_ATI kids_NNS what_WDT R05 22 they_PP3AS wanted_VBD unless_CS I_PP1A wished_VBD my_PP$ son_NN to_TO R05 22 be_BE socially_RB ostracised_VBN *-_*- and_CC to_TO R05 23 go_VB out_RP and_CC leave_VB them_PP3OS to_IN it_PP3 ._. ^ this_DT ,_, R05 23 however_RB ,_, I_PP1A firmly_RB refused_VBD to_TO do_DO ._. R05 24 ^ to_TO come_VB back_RP to_IN the_ATI home_NR I_PP1A had_HVD built_VBN R05 24 with_IN the_ATI sweat_NN of_IN my_PP$ brow_NN ,_, R05 25 typing_VBG my_PP$ fingers_NNS down_RP to_IN the_ATI knuckles_NNS ,_, R05 25 and_CC to_TO find_VB it_PP3 full_JJ of_IN drunken_JJ R05 26 children_NNS and_CC irate_JJ parents_NNS beating_VBG at_IN the_ATI R05 26 door_NN of_IN the_ATI necking_NN room_NN was_BEDZ R05 27 more_AP than_CS I_PP1A could_MD stomach_VB ._. ^ I_PP1A decided_VBD R05 27 secretly_RB to_TO buy_VB some_DTI ginger-ale_NN R05 28 and_CC to_TO creep_VB around_RP like_IN Banquo_NP *-_*- popping_VBG R05 28 it_PP3 into_IN the_ATI beer_NN ._. R05 29 ^ and_CC so_RB ..._... dawn_NN having_HVG finally_RB flung_VBN R05 29 her_PP$ most_QL ominous_JJ stone_NN ,_, I_PP1A R05 30 went_VBD to_IN work_NN in_IN aweful_JJ prescience_NN and_CC came_VBD R05 30 back_RP ready_JJ to_TO do_DO my_PP$ son_NN R05 31 proud_RB if_CS it_PP3 killed_VBD me_PP1O ._. R05 32 ^ to_IN my_PP$ amazement_NN ,_, I_PP1A found_VBD three_CD R05 32 children_NNS already_RB there_RN ,_, working_VBG R05 33 away_RP like_IN blacks_NNS ._. ^ or_CC *-_*- I_PP1A should_MD say_VB R05 33 *-_*- two_CD of_IN them_PP3OS were_BED working_VBG like_IN R05 34 blacks_NNS and_CC one_CD1 of_IN them_PP3OS (_( my_PP$ son_NN )_) R05 34 was_BEDZ directing_VBG operations_NNS in_IN a_AT masterly_JJ R05 35 fashion_NN ._. ^ the_ATI carpet_NN had_HVD already_RB been_BEN R05 35 taken_VBN into_IN the_ATI bathroom_NN ;_; a_AT R05 36 charming_JJ boy_NN was_BEDZ polishing_VBG the_ATI floor_NN of_IN R05 36 the_ATI sitting_NN room_NN ;_; and_CC an_AT R05 37 adorable_JJ little_JJ girl_NN ,_, who_WPR was_BEDZ introduced_VBN to_IN R05 37 me_PP1O as_IN *'_*' Marblehead_NP ,_, **'_**' was_BEDZ R05 38 making_VBG sandwiches_NNS in_IN the_ATI kitchen_NN ._. R05 39 ^ apart_IN from_IN" being_BEG touched_VBN to_IN my_PP$ very_AP R05 39 soul_NN I_PP1A was_BEDZ also_RB sickened_VBN to_IN R05 40 my_PP$ stomach_NN to_TO think_VB that_CS these_DTS innocent_JJ R05 40 little_JJ darlings_NNS were_BED about_RP to_TO R05 41 turn_VB into_IN hideous_JJ ,_, beer-swilling_JJ ,_, chain-smoking_JJ R05 41 ,_, necking_JJ monsters_NNS in_IN a_AT R05 42 very_QL short_JJ time_NN ._. ^ at_IN an_AT age_NN and_CC time_NN of_IN R05 42 day_NN when_WRB ,_, in_IN my_PP$ own_AP youth_NN ,_, R05 43 Christopher_NP Robin_NP was_BEDZ saying_VBG his_PP$ prayers_NNS ,_, R05 43 the_ATI pink_JJ and_CC healthy_JJ chip_NN R05 44 off_IN my_PP$ own_AP block_NN was_BEDZ probably_RB about_RP to_TO R05 44 sprout_VB horns_NNS and_CC a_AT tail_NN ._. R05 46 ^ our_PP$ flat_NN consists_VBZ of_IN a_AT sitting_NN room_NN and_CC R05 46 two_CD bedrooms_NNS ._. R05 47 ^ feeling_VBG it_PP3 less_AP of_IN a_AT condonation_NN of_IN the_ATI R05 47 corybantic_JJ diableries_NNS about_RP R05 48 to_TO be_BE performed_VBN by_IN the_ATI invited_JJ jeunesse_&FW R05 48 dore*?2_&FW ,_, I_PP1A had_HVD R05 49 allotted_VBN my_PP$ own_AP bedroom_NN for_IN necking_NN ,_, R05 49 prudently_RB removing_VBG both_ABX the_ATI bed_NN R05 50 and_CC the_ATI key_NN ,_, and_CC taken_VBN both_ABX myself_PPL and_CC R05 50 my_PP$ typewriter_NN into_IN my_PP$ son's_NN$ R05 51 bedroom_NN ._. R05 52 ^ at_IN intervals_NNS between_IN 6_CD and_CC 7_CD \0p.m_RB R05 52 bunches_NNS of_IN children_NNS R05 53 arrived_VBD and_CC ,_, to_IN my_PP$ surprise_NN ,_, I_PP1A was_BEDZ R05 53 hauled_VBN out_RP with_IN each_DT new_JJ invasion_NN R05 54 to_TO be_BE introduced_VBN by_IN my_PP$ son_NN with_IN what_WDT R05 54 seemed_VBD to_TO be_BE a_AT certain_JJ amount_NN of_IN R05 55 inexplicable_JJ pride_NN ._. ^ inexplicable_JJ ,_, because_CS our_PP$ R05 55 guests_NNS looked_VBD at_IN me_PP1O R05 56 doubtfully_RB ,_, possibly_RB due_JJ to_IN the_ATI fact_NN that_CS R05 56 I_PP1A had_HVD not_XNOT dressed_VBN to_TO meet_VB R05 57 anybody_PN ,_, since_CS I_PP1A had_HVD expected_VBN to_TO be_BE R05 57 kept_VBN well_RB out_RP of_IN sight_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A was_BEDZ R05 58 wrapped_VBN in_IN my_PP$ usual_JJ working_NN costume_NN of_IN huge_JJ R05 58 and_CC somewhat_RB grubby_JJ red_JJ R05 59 flannel_NN dressing-gown_NN ,_, I_PP1A had_HVD omitted_VBN to_TO don_VB R05 59 a_AT face_NN and_CC *-_*- another_DT R05 60 normal_JJ concession_NN to_IN work_NN *-_*- had_HVD twined_VBN R05 60 curlers_NNS in_IN my_PP$ hair_NN in_TO order_TO" to_TO" R05 61 deter_VB my_PP$ fingers_NNS from_IN plunging_VBG wildly_RB through_IN R05 61 my_PP$ new_JJ hair-do_NN in_IN R05 62 moments_NNS of_IN creative_JJ stress_NN ._. R05 63 ^ finally_RB ,_, to_IN my_PP$ dismay_NN ,_, three_CD boys_NNS R05 63 arrived_VBD bearing_VBG musical_JJ R05 64 instruments_NNS and_CC the_ATI festivities_NNS got_VBD under_IN way_NN R05 64 ._. R05 65 ^ I_PP1A had_HVD placed_VBN the_ATI beer_NN in_IN a_AT strategic_JJ R05 65 position_NN on_IN the_ATI hall_NN chest_NN R05 66 outside_IN my_PP$ son's_NN$ door_NN so_CS that_CS" I_PP1A could_MD R05 66 listen_VB for_IN the_ATI moment_NN when_WRB R05 67 childish_JJ thirst_NN overcame_VBD caution_NN and_CC the_ATI time_NN R05 67 arrived_VBD for_IN the_ATI ginger_NN R05 68 ale_NN to_TO be_BE wielded_VBN as_IN a_AT defensive_JJ weapon_NN ._. ^ R05 68 for_IN an_AT hour_NN nothing_PN R05 69 happened_VBD ,_, nobody_PN came_VBD near_IN the_ATI beer_NN ,_, and_CC R05 69 I_PP1A typed_VBD away_RP with_IN my_PP$ other_AP R05 70 ear_NN attuned_VBN to_IN my_PP$ bedroom_NN door_NN *-_*- which_WDTR R05 70 remained_VBD firmly_RB closed_VBN ._. R05 71 ^ the_ATI noise_NN from_IN the_ATI sitting-room_NN was_BEDZ R05 71 deafening_JJ but_CC tuneful_JJ ._. ^ the_ATI R05 72 boy_NN prodigies_NNS might_MD play_VB loudly_RB *-_*- but_CC they_PP3AS R05 72 were_BED obviously_RB able_JJ to_TO play_VB R05 73 in_IN tune_NN ._. R05 75 ^ after_IN another_DT hour_NN of_IN this_DT I_PP1A heard_VBD R05 75 footsteps_NNS approaching_VBG and_CC R05 76 dashed_VBD for_IN my_PP$ deterrents_NNS ._. ^ whether_CS in_IN drink_NN R05 76 or_CC deflowerment_NN I_PP1A was_BEDZ R05 77 obviously_RB about_RP to_TO have_HV to_TO defend_VB to_IN the_ATI R05 77 death_NN the_ATI innocence_NN of_IN some_DTI R05 78 defenceless_JJ girl_NN ._. ^ all_RB very_QL well_JJ for_IN my_PP$ R05 78 friends_NNS to_TO tell_VB me_PP1O that_CS my_PP$ son_NN R05 79 was_BEDZ doomed_VBN to_IN a_AT lonely_JJ and_CC celibate_JJ life_NN R05 79 if_CS I_PP1A interfered_VBD ._. ^ that_DT was_BEDZ R05 80 before_CS I_PP1A had_HVD laid_VBN eyes_NNS on_IN all_ABN those_DTS R05 80 bright_JJ young_JJ things_NNS ._. ^ all_RB right_RB" ,_, R05 81 go_VB on_RP and_CC tell_VB me_PP1O that_CS they_PP3AS are_BER R05 81 nothing_PN but_IN disburgeoned_JJ delinquents_NNS *-_*- R05 82 they_PP3AS did_DOD n't_XNOT look_VB like_IN that_DT to_IN me_PP1O ._. R05 83 ^ my_PP$ door_NN opened_VBD and_CC a_AT child_NN of_IN about_RB R05 83 fifteen_CD put_VBD her_PP$ head_NN round_IN R05 84 it_PP3 ._. ^ she_PP3A looked_VBD at_IN me_PP1O for_IN a_AT second_NN R05 84 ,_, wide-eyed_JJ ,_, and_CC then_RN asked_VBD ,_, ^ *'_*' am_BEM I_PP1A R05 85 interrupting_VBG you_PP2 ?_? **'_**' ^ I_PP1A assured_VBD her_PP3O R05 85 that_CS her_PP$ visit_NN was_BEDZ welcome_JJ and_CC ,_, R05 86 encouraged_VBN ,_, she_PP3A added_VBD ,_, ^ *'_*' are_BER we_PP1AS R05 86 making_VBG too_QL much_AP noise_NN ?_? **'_**' ^ I_PP1A thanked_VBD R05 87 her_PP3O for_IN her_PP$ thoughtfulness_NN and_CC explained_VBD that_CS R05 87 ,_, since_CS this_DT was_BEDZ my_PP$ son's_NN$ R05 88 party_NN ,_, I_PP1A did_DOD not_XNOT feel_VB entitled_VBN to_TO R05 88 complain_VB ._. ^ she_PP3A then_RN asked_VBD me_PP1O why_WRB I_PP1A R05 89 did_DOD n't_XNOT come_VB and_CC join_VB the_ATI party_NN ._. R05 90 ^ this_DT undoubted_JJ compliment_NN took_VBD me_PP1O by_IN R05 90 surprise_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A thanked_VBD her_PP3O R05 91 very_QL much_RB and_CC told_VBD her_PP3O that_CS I_PP1A was_BEDZ R05 91 quite_RB happy_JJ and_CC felt_VBD that_CS my_PP$ R05 92 interference_NN at_IN this_DT stage_NN would_MD not_XNOT only_RB be_BE R05 92 unsuitable_JJ ,_, but_CC would_MD R05 93 also_RB make_VB her_PP3O unpopular_JJ with_IN her_PP$ R05 93 contemporaries_NNS ._. R05 94 ^ after_CS I_PP1A had_HVD explained_VBN what_WDT I_PP1A meant_VBD R05 94 she_PP3A seemed_VBD flattered_VBN and_CC R05 95 pleased_JJ but_CC emphatically_RB denied_VBD that_CS parents_NNS R05 95 were_BED necessarily_RB squares_NNS R05 96 and_CC thus_RB geometrically_RB unsuited_JJ to_IN teenage_JJB R05 96 coruscations_NNS ._. R05 97 ^ in_IN fact_NN ,_, we_PP1AS had_HVD an_AT enlightening_JJ R05 97 conversation_NN *-_*- on_IN both_ABX our_PP$ parts_NNS ._. R05 98 ^ *'_*' Angus_NP told_VBD me_PP1O that_CS you_PP2 write_VB ,_, R05 98 **'_**' she_PP3A stated_VBD ,_, as_CS if_CS" this_DT fact_NN R05 99 whilst_CS inarguably_RB forever_RB condemning_VBG me_PP1O to_IN the_ATI R05 99 ranks_NNS of_IN tepid_JJ R05 100 Bohemianism_NNP *-_*- nevertheless_RB earned_VBD for_IN me_PP1O the_ATI R05 100 right_NN of_IN entry_NN into_IN any_DTI R05 101 company_NN ,_, even_RB theirs_PP$$ ._. R05 102 ^ after_IN this_DT she_PP3A ,_, and_CC a_AT couple_NN of_IN R05 102 friends_NNS she_PP3A had_HVD called_VBN to_IN the_ATI R05 103 rescue_NN ,_, helped_VBD me_PP1O to_IN a_AT pair_NN of_IN R05 103 leopard-skin_NN tights_NNS and_CC a_AT black_JJ sweater_NN R05 104 from_IN my_PP$ depleted_JJ wardrobe_NN and_CC I_PP1A was_BEDZ R05 104 hustled_VBN into_IN the_ATI sitting-room_NN and_CC R05 105 taught_VBN the_ATI rock_NN n'_CC roll_NN ,_, the_ATI cha-cha_NN and_CC R05 105 other_AP gay_JJ ,_, if_CS R05 106 labyrinthine_JJ ,_, mystiques_NNS ._. ^ five_CD of_IN the_ATI elder_JJR R05 106 boys_NNS (_( including_IN the_ATI R05 107 instrumentalists_NNS ,_, who_WPR deserved_VBD it_PP3 )_) drank_VBD R05 107 four_CD bottles_NNS of_IN beer_NN apiece_RB ;_; R05 108 the_ATI others_APS fell_VBD with_IN delighted_JJ cries_NNS on_IN R05 108 the_ATI ginger-ale_NN ._. ^ the_ATI R05 109 sandwiches_NNS were_BED devoured_VBN ,_, and_CC one_CD1 small_JJ R05 109 girl_NN fell_VBD asleep_JJ in_IN the_ATI R05 110 necking_NN room_NN ._. ^ at_IN 9.30_CD the_ATI lights_NNS were_BED R05 110 turned_VBN out_RP and_CC dancing_NN R05 111 continued_VBD in_IN the_ATI dark_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A returned_VBD to_IN R05 111 my_PP$ work_NN and_CC the_ATI little_JJ girl_NN in_IN R05 112 the_ATI necking_NN room_NN slept_VBD undisturbed_JJ ._. R05 113 ^ nine_CD of_IN the_ATI children_NNS left_VBD at_IN 10.45_CD R05 113 obviously_RB with_IN appreciable_JJ R05 114 respect_NN for_IN the_ATI instructions_NNS of_IN stern_JJ ,_, but_CC R05 114 just_JJ parents_NNS ._. ^ three_CD boys_NNS R05 115 (_( one_CD1 the_ATI brother_NN of_IN the_ATI sleeping_JJ child_NN )_) R05 115 stayed_VBD overnight_RB *-_*- after_IN R05 116 phoning_VBG for_IN permission_NN *-_*- to_TO help_VB restore_VB R05 116 order_NN in_IN the_ATI morning_NN ._. R05 118 ^ amongst_IN my_PP$ so-called_JJB grown-up_JJ acquaintances_NNS R05 118 where_WRB shall_MD I_PP1A R05 119 ever_RB find_VB gathered_VBN together_RB such_ABL a_AT charming_JJ ,_, R05 119 friendly_JJ ,_, unspoilt_JJ and_CC R05 120 generous_JJ cross-section_NN of_IN humanity_NN as_CS graced_VBD our_PP$ R05 120 home_NR on_IN the_ATI night_NN of_IN R05 121 my_PP$ son's_NN$ party_NN ?_? R05 122 ^ where_WRB are_BER the_ATI profligate_JJ little_JJ terrors_NNS R05 122 I_PP1A hear_VB about_IN ?_? ^ not_XNOT R05 123 necessarily_RB (_( as_CS some_DTI would_MD have_HV it_PP3 )_) R05 123 amongst_IN the_ATI members_NNS of_IN R05 124 co-educational_JJ schools_NNS ._. ^ these_DTS young_JJ people_NNS R05 124 seem_VB to_TO have_HV acquired_VBN a_AT R05 125 healthier_JJR slant_NN on_IN life_NN than_CS have_HV some_DTI of_IN R05 125 their_PP$ more_QL conventional_JJ R05 126 contemporaries_NNS and_CC ,_, if_CS they_PP3AS are_BER a_AT sample_NN R05 126 of_IN youth_NN today_NR ,_, the_ATI R05 127 psychiatrists'_NNS$ couches_NNS of_IN the_ATI future_NN should_MD R05 127 creak_VB much_RB less_QL frequently_RB R05 128 as_CS they_PP3AS get_VB ready_JJ to_TO bear_VB the_ATI burden_NN of_IN R05 128 yet_RB another_DT pathological_JJ R05 129 despair_NN ._. R05 131 ^ asked_VBN at_IN a_AT Coroner's_NPT$ inquest_NN to_TO prove_VB R05 131 his_PP$ identity_NN and_CC to_TO agree_VB R05 132 that_CS he_PP3A was_BEDZ a_AT medical_JJ practitioner_NN ,_, a_AT R05 132 doctor_NN replied_VBD :_: ^ *'_*' yes_UH ,_, sir_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A R05 133 am_BEM a_AT medical_JJ practitioner_NN *-_*- in_IN fact_NN ,_, one_CD1 R05 133 of_IN the_ATI best_JJT in_IN the_ATI R05 134 country_NN ._. **'_**' R05 135 ^ ribbed_VBN afterwards_RB by_IN a_AT colleague_NN for_IN R05 135 immodesty_NN and_CC unprofessional_JJ R05 136 conduct_NN ,_, the_ATI \0M.D_NN replied_VBD :_: ^ *'_*' alas_UH !_! ^ R05 136 what_WDT else_RB could_MD I_PP1A say_VB ?_? R05 137 ^ after_IN all_ABN ,_, I_PP1A was_BEDZ on_IN oath_NN ._. **'_**' R05 138 ^ castle_NN wanted_VBN ._. R05 139 ^ by_IN John_NP Hammond_NP ._. R05 140 ^ *'_*' being_BEG a_AT top_JJB person_NN ,_, it_PP3 would_MD appear_VB R05 140 ,_, is_BEZ not_XNOT so_QL much_RB a_AT question_NN R05 141 of_IN balance_NN as_IN a_AT state_NN of_IN mind_NN ..._... ._. **'_**' R05 142 ^ the_ATI British_JNP character_NN is_BEZ not_XNOT quite_RB dead_JJ R05 142 ._. ^ that_DT is_BEZ what_WDT I_PP1A am_BEM R05 143 able_JJ ,_, and_CC delighted_JJ ,_, to_TO report_VB after_IN R05 143 devoting_VBG twelve_CD months_NNS to_IN reading_VBG R05 144 the_ATI personal_JJ column_NN of_IN the_ATI Times_NP *-_*- that_DT R05 144 daily_JJ barometer_NN of_IN the_ATI R05 145 hopes_NNS ,_, the_ATI fears_NNS ,_, and_CC the_ATI dreams_NNS of_IN R05 145 the_ATI nation's_NN$ top_JJB people_NNS ._. ^ even_RB in_IN R05 146 the_ATI 1960s_CDS ,_, it_PP3 seems_VBZ ,_, there_EX are_BER still_RB R05 146 among_IN us_PP1OS independent_JJ spirits_NNS who_WPR R05 147 refuse_VB to_TO allow_VB their_PP$ horizons_NNS to_TO be_BE limited_VBN R05 147 by_IN the_ATI 8.15_CD and_CC the_ATI R05 148 goggle-box_NN ;_; who_WPR will_MD go_VB anywhere_RB and_CC do_DO R05 148 anything_PN ,_, fight_VB a_AT duel_NN ,_, hire_VB a_AT R05 149 parachutist_NN (_( *'_*' either_DTX sex_NN **'_**' )_) for_IN a_AT R05 149 special_JJ assignment_NN ,_, and_CC are_BER in_IN the_ATI R05 150 market_NN for_IN anything_PN ,_, from_IN a_AT rocking_NN horse_NN ,_, R05 150 *'_*' traditional_JJ **'_**' ,_, to_IN a_AT R05 151 chastity_NN belt_NN ,_, *'_*' metal_NN overlaid_VBN with_IN velvet_NN R05 151 **'_**' ._. R05 152 ^ reduced_VBN to_IN their_PP$ baser_JJR elements_NNS the_ATI R05 152 motives_NNS that_WPR drive_VB anyone_PN to_TO R05 153 invest_VB in_IN a_AP few_AP" lines_NNS of_IN Times_NP type_NN are_BER R05 153 not_XNOT so_QL greatly_RB different_JJ R05 154 from_IN those_DTS of_IN advertisers_NNS in_IN lesser_JJR journals_NNS R05 154 :_: the_ATI desire_NN to_TO acquire_VB R05 155 something_PN you_PP2 have_HV not_XNOT got_VBN yourself_PPL ,_, R05 155 including_IN money_NN ;_; the_ATI R05 156 complementary_JJ urge_NN to_TO sell_VB someone_PN else_RB something_PN R05 156 you_PP2 have_HV yourself_PPL R05 157 but_CC would_MD sooner_RBR be_BE without_IN ._. R05 158 ^ what_WDT distinguishes_VBZ a_AT Times_NP personal_JJ column_NN R05 158 \0ad_NN is_BEZ its_PP$ R05 159 careless_JJ ,_, well-bred_JJ panache_NN ._. ^ for_IN example_NN ,_, R05 159 lots_NNS of_IN people_NNS in_IN R05 160 this_DT sad_JJ ,_, overcrowded_JJ little_JJ world_NN of_IN ours_PP$$ R05 160 suffer_VB from_IN a_AT housing_NN R05 161 problem_NN but_CC how_WRB different_JJ from_IN the_ATI pathetic_JJ R05 161 appeal_NN in_IN the_ATI local_JJ R05 162 newsagent's_NN$ window_NN is_BEZ ~ *'_*' I_PP1A am_BEM urgently_RB R05 162 seeking_VBG an_AT enormous_JJ country_NN R05 163 house_NN anywhere_RB in_IN England_NP ..._... **'_**' ,_, or_CC ~ *'_*' R05 163 castle_NN wanted_VBN as_IN permanent_JJ home_NR R05 164 by_IN young_JJ couple_NN ..._... ._. **'_**' R05 165 ^ there_EX is_BEZ ,_, however_RB ,_, a_AT hint_NN of_IN well-bred_JJ R05 165 panic_NN in_IN ~ *'_*' agonized_JJ R05 166 family_NN (_( 5_CD )_) aesthetic_JJ and_CC practical_JJ ambitions_NNS R05 166 ,_, urgently_RB require_VB R05 167 Georgian_JNP (_( or_CC similar_JJ )_) house_NN ..._... derelict_JJ R05 167 castle_NN ,_, unmanageable_JJ mansion_NN R05 168 or_CC anything_PN ..._... **'_**' ;_; and_CC perhaps_RB an_AT appeal_NN R05 168 to_IN the_ATI esprit_NN de_&FW corps_NN R05 169 which_WDTR ,_, one_CD1 imagines_VBZ ,_, exists_VBZ among_IN our_PP$ R05 169 top_JJB people_NNS ,_, in_IN ~ *'_*' my_PP$ husband_NN R05 170 and_CC I_PP1A ,_, Nanny_NPT and_CC the_ATI children_NNS will_MD be_BE R05 170 homeless_JJ next_AP January_NR unless_CS you_PP2 R05 171 sell_VB or_CC let_VB us_PP1OS that_DT six_CD bedroomed_JJ Georgian_JNP R05 171 country_NN house_NN on_IN the_ATI R05 172 \0Herts-Essex_NP borders_NNS that_CS we_PP1AS have_HV sought_VBN R05 172 sorrowfully_RB these_DTS last_AP R05 173 two_CD years_NNS ..._... ._. **'_**' R05 174 ^ nor_CC should_MD one_CD1 assume_VB that_CS money_NN is_BEZ no_ATI R05 174 object_NN with_IN every_AT R05 175 advertiser_NN ._. ^ being_BEG a_AT top_JJB person_NN ,_, it_PP3 R05 175 would_MD appear_VB ,_, is_BEZ not_XNOT so_QL much_RB a_AT R05 176 question_NN of_IN bank_NN balance_NN as_IN a_AT state_NN of_IN mind_NN R05 176 ,_, and_CC sprinkled_VBN among_IN the_ATI R05 177 demands_NNS for_IN ancestral_JJ homes_NRS are_BER to_TO be_BE found_VBN R05 177 requests_NNS like_IN the_ATI one_CD1 from_IN R05 178 *'_*' impoverished_JJ ,_, very_QL junior_JJ executive_NN **'_**' in_IN R05 178 need_NN of_IN living_NN space_NN ._. R05 179 ^ naturally_RB though_RB ,_, it_PP3 has_HVZ to_TO be_BE within_IN R05 179 walking_NN distance_NN of_IN Mayfair_NP ,_, R05 180 but_CC ,_, apart_IN from_IN" that_DT ,_, an_AT attic_NN with_IN only_RB R05 180 a_AT shower_NN and_CC a_AT gas_NN ring_NN will_MD R05 181 suffice_VB ._. R05 182 ^ practitioners_NNS of_IN the_ATI arts_NNS are_BER to_TO be_BE R05 182 found_VBN at_IN both_ABX ends_NNS of_IN the_ATI R05 183 financial_JJ scale_NN ,_, from_IN the_ATI quiet-seeking_JJ writer_NN R05 183 wishing_VBG to_TO rent_VB a_AT wing_NN R05 184 of_IN a_AT *'_*' too-large_JJB castle_NN **'_**' or_CC mansion_NN in_IN R05 184 the_ATI Scottish_JNP Highlands_NPS (_( *'_*' a_AT R05 185 library_NN ,_, music_NN room_NN ,_, or_CC private_JJ chapel_NN would_MD R05 185 be_BE much_RB appreciated_VBN **'_**' )_) R05 186 to_IN the_ATI *'_*' very_QL poor_JJ novelist_NN **'_**' in_IN search_NN R05 186 of_IN shelter_NN for_IN himself_PPL and_CC R05 187 some_DTI furniture_NN in_IN London_NP ,_, *'_*' charitable_JJ R05 187 offers_NNS only_RB ,_, please_UH ._. **'_**' R05 189 ^ the_ATI possession_NN of_IN a_AT four-footed_JJ friend_NN is_BEZ R05 189 a_AT problem_NN to_IN all_ABN R05 190 seekers_NNS after_IN a_AT roof_NN and_CC puts_VBZ the_ATI R05 190 experienced_JJ advertiser_NN on_IN his_PP$ R05 191 mettle_NN ._. ^ the_ATI bravura_NN of_IN ~ *'_*' accommodation_NN R05 191 for_IN amiable_JJ bloodhound_NN ,_, R05 192 grand_JJ piano_NN and_CC architect_NN owner_NN sought_VBN ;_; old_JJ R05 192 vicarage_NN ?_? ~ disused_JJ wing_NN ?_? R05 193 ~ help_VB !_! **'_**' has_HVZ already_RB been_BEN celebrated_VBN by_IN R05 193 a_AT leading_JJ article_NN in_IN the_ATI R05 194 journal_NN in_IN which_WDTR it_PP3 appeared_VBD ;_; but_CC equally_RB R05 194 moving_JJ ,_, in_IN a_AT more_QL restrained_JJ R05 195 key_NN ,_, is_BEZ ~ *'_*' old_JJ English_JNP sheepdog_NN pup_NN and_CC R05 195 Canadian_JNP gentleman_NN desire_VB to_TO R05 196 be_BE paying_JJ guests_NNS at_IN Farm_NPL or_CC country_NN House_NPL R05 196 ..._... ._. **'_**' R05 197 ^ however_RB ,_, even_CS if_CS" the_ATI worst_JJT happens_VBZ ,_, R05 197 the_ATI top_JJB person's_NN$ dogs_NNS *-_*- R05 198 provided_CS they_PP3AS are_BER few_AP and_CC small_JJ *-_*- may_MD R05 198 be_BE *'_*' boarded_VBN out_RP en_&FW R05 199 famille_&FW **'_**' ,_, in_IN another_DT advertiser's_NN$ country_NN R05 199 residence_NN ._. ^ and_CC their_PP$ R05 200 felines_NNS ,_, you_PP2 will_MD be_BE relieved_JJ to_TO know_VB ,_, R05 200 may_MD find_VB accommodation_NN suited_VBN R05 201 to_IN their_PP$ station_NN at_IN the_ATI *'_*' Cat-a-Guest_NP House_NPL R05 201 **'_**' ,_, with_IN *'_*' expert_JJ care_NN ;_; R05 202 cuisine_NN a_AT speciality_NN ._. **'_**' R06 2 the_ATI voice_NN of_IN the_ATI turtle-dove_NN ._. R06 3 ^ Anthony_NP Carson_NP ._. R06 4 ^ Vence_NP is_BEZ a_AT sober_JJ spot_NN ,_, half_RB way_RB" R06 4 between_IN small_JJ town_NN and_CC village_NN ,_, R06 5 pigeon_NN grey_JJ ,_, sly_JJ with_IN arches_NNS ,_, and_CC linked_VBN R06 5 by_IN a_AT whispering_JJ plot_NN of_IN R06 6 fountains_NNS ._. ^ in_IN the_ATI main_JJB tree-heavy_JJ square_NN R06 6 you_PP2 can_MD sit_VB in_IN the_ATI autumn_NN R06 7 sunshine_NN ,_, still_RB burning_VBG like_IN a_AT half-cooled_JJ R06 7 iron_NN ,_, sip_VB pastis_&FW and_CC R06 8 read_VB the_ATI local_JJ newspapers_NNS ._. ^ one_CD1 called_VBN la_&FW R06 8 patriote_&FW is_BEZ R06 9 communist_JJ ,_, and_CC at_IN the_ATI time_NN of_IN our_PP$ arrival_NN R06 9 it_PP3 was_BEDZ throwing_VBG huge_JJ R06 10 over-ripe_JJ verbal_JJ tomatoes_NNS at_IN General_NPT de_&FW Gaulle_NP R06 10 ._. R06 11 ^ one_CD1 side_NN of_IN this_DT square_NN is_BEZ a_AT smart_JJ R06 11 but_CC modest_JJ bar_NN called_VBN Pierre's_NP$ R06 12 bar_NN ._. ^ for_IN one_CD1 day_NN ,_, with_IN the_ATI help_NN of_IN R06 12 the_ATI Syndicat_NP d'Initiative_&FW ,_, we_PP1AS had_HVD R06 13 been_BEN hunting_VBG for_IN furnished_JJ rooms_NNS ,_, and_CC had_HVD R06 13 given_VBN up_RP ,_, when_WRB an_AT elderly_JJ R06 14 lady_NN ,_, the_ATI owner_NN of_IN a_AT residence_NN called_VBN the_ATI R06 14 poet's_NN$ nest_NN ,_, had_HVD firmly_RB R06 15 closed_VBN the_ATI door_NN in_IN our_PP$ noses_NNS ._. ^ *'_*' it_PP3 R06 15 is_BEZ a_AT pity_NN ,_, **'_**' said_VBD Mart_NP ,_, *'_*' because_CS R06 16 it_PP3 would_MD have_HV been_BEN a_AT good_JJ address_NN ._. **'_**' ^ R06 16 now_RN ,_, after_IN a_AT woman's_NN$ radar_NN R06 17 look_NN ,_, she_PP3A decided_VBD Pierre_NP would_MD solve_VB our_PP$ R06 17 problems_NNS ._. R06 18 ^ this_DT was_BEDZ true_JJ ,_, Pierre_NP was_BEDZ a_AT true_JJ R06 18 Provenc*?6al_NNP ,_, thin_JJ and_CC yellow_JJ as_IN R06 19 lemon_NN peel_NN ,_, wrestling_VBG with_IN some_DTI gnawing_JJ rat_NN R06 19 of_IN an_AT illness_NN ,_, man_NN of_IN all_ABN R06 20 trades_NNS ,_, married_VBN to_IN a_AT commanding_JJ lady_NN who_WPR R06 20 loved_VBD small_JJ talk_NN and_CC the_ATI R06 21 discreet_JJ accumulation_NN of_IN money_NN ._. ^ we_PP1AS went_VBD R06 21 in_RP ._. ^ there_EX were_BED a_AP few_AP" people_NNS R06 22 in_IN the_ATI bar_NN ,_, elderly_JJ ,_, well-off_JJ ,_, artistic_JJ ,_, R06 22 who_WPR ,_, you_PP2 felt_VBD ,_, had_HVD made_VBN a_AT R06 23 hard_JJ bargain_NN for_IN giving_VBG up_RP ._. R06 24 ^ *'_*' I_PP1A have_HV furnished_JJ rooms_NNS ,_, **'_**' said_VBD R06 24 Pierre_NP ,_, *'_*' and_CC all_ABN \0mod_JJ R06 25 \0cons_NNS ._. **'_**' ^ the_ATI price_NN was_BEDZ 16,000_CD francs_NNS R06 25 a_AT month_NN ._. R06 26 ^ *'_*' yes_UH ,_, **'_**' we_PP1AS said_VBD immediately_RB ,_, R06 26 even_RB before_IN viewing_VBG ._. ^ we_PP1AS were_BED R06 27 shown_VBN around_RP by_IN Pierre_NP ._. ^ the_ATI flat_NN was_BEDZ R06 27 on_IN the_ATI third_OD floor_NN ;_; two_CD rooms_NNS ;_; R06 28 soft_JJ Provenc*?6al_JNP view_NN ;_; good_JJ intimate_JJ furnishing_NN R06 28 and_CC colour_NN ;_; running_JJ R06 29 hot_JJ water_NN from_IN Butagas_NP installation_NN for_IN washing-up_NN R06 29 ,_, basin_NN and_CC bidet_NN ;_; R06 30 own_AP private_JJ ,_, modern_JJ lavatory_NN ._. R06 31 ^ the_ATI first_OD night's_NN$ sleeping_NN was_BEDZ like_IN a_AT R06 31 long_JJ convalescence_NN ._. ^ we_PP1AS R06 32 were_BED woken_VBN up_RP twice_RB about_IN dawn_NN by_IN a_AT soft_JJ R06 32 eruption_NN of_IN turtle-doves_NNS ._. R06 33 ^ this_DT was_BEDZ strange_JJ ,_, even_RB magic_JJ ,_, because_CS R06 33 the_ATI owner's_NN$ name_NN was_BEDZ Pierre_NP R06 34 Tortorolo_NP which_WDTR ,_, in_IN Nicoison_NP Italian_NNP means_VBZ R06 34 *'_*' turtledove_NN **'_**' ._. ^ Pierre_NP R06 35 Turtledove_NP ._. ^ when_WRB we_PP1AS woke_VBD up_RP properly_RB it_PP3 R06 35 was_BEDZ raining_VBG ,_, an_AT even_RB more_QL R06 36 hopeless_JJ rain_NN than_IN London_NP ,_, and_CC we_PP1AS looked_VBD R06 36 out_RP of_IN the_ATI windows_NNS at_IN the_ATI R06 37 weeping_JJ trees_NNS and_CC the_ATI curling_JJ white_JJ breath_NN of_IN R06 37 the_ATI mountains_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI land_NN R06 38 looked_VBD like_IN a_AT beaten_JJ woman_NN and_CC the_ATI R06 38 turtle-doves_NNS cried_VBD her_PP$ shame_NN ._. R06 39 ^ there_RN they_PP3AS were_BED ,_, in_IN fact_NN ,_, below_IN us_PP1OS R06 39 ,_, eight_CD of_IN them_PP3OS ._. ^ four_CD of_IN them_PP3OS were_BED R06 40 flattened_VBN on_IN the_ATI window_NN sills_NNS ,_, two_CD R06 40 immolated_VBN on_IN a_AT nearby_JJB roof_NN top_NN ,_, the_ATI R06 41 other_AP pair_NN copulating_VBG ._. R06 42 ^ we_PP1AS had_HVD a_AT morning_NN at_IN Pierre's_NP$ ._. ^ he_PP3A R06 42 talked_VBD about_IN people_NNS ._. ^ Marc_NP R06 43 Chagall_NP used_VBD to_TO live_VB here_RN and_CC an_AT Englishman_NNP R06 43 named_VBN Lawrence_NP ._. ^ he_PP3A was_BEDZ R06 44 here_RN ,_, near_IN the_ATI railway_NN station_NN ,_, three_CD or_CC R06 44 four_CD years_NNS ._. ^ during_IN this_DT R06 45 period_NN he_PP3A wrote_VBD a_AT book_NN ,_, the_ATI lover_NN of_IN R06 45 Lady_NPT Chatterly_NP ._. ^ no_UH ,_, he_PP3A had_HVD n't_XNOT R06 46 read_VBN it_PP3 ;_; Madame_NPT did_DOD all_ABN the_ATI reading_NN ._. ^ R06 46 Lawrence_NP died_VBD in_IN this_DT very_AP R06 47 place_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A used_VBD to_TO come_VB to_IN Pierre's_NP$ bar_NN R06 47 again_RB and_CC again_RB ._. ^ no_UH ,_, he_PP3A R06 48 could_MD n't_XNOT really_RB remember_VB him_PP3O ,_, he_PP3A was_BEDZ R06 48 one_CD1 of_IN the_ATI crowd_NN ._. R06 49 ^ the_ATI sun_NN came_VBD out_RP ;_; Mart_NP went_VBD shopping_VBG R06 49 ;_; I_PP1A sat_VBD in_IN the_ATI square_NN reading_VBG R06 50 the_ATI patriote_&FW ._. ^ there_EX was_BEDZ a_AT front-page_JJB R06 50 rear-attack_NN on_IN de_&FW Gaulle_NP ,_, R06 51 and_CC the_ATI rest_NN of_IN the_ATI paper_NN was_BEDZ given_VBN up_RP R06 51 to_IN murders_NNS ,_, apart_RP for_IN" R06 52 an_AT outcry_NN against_IN a_AT proposal_NN to_TO drop_VB R06 52 radio-active_JJ material_NN into_IN the_ATI R06 53 Mediterranean_NP between_IN Corsica_NP and_CC \0St_NPT Raphael_NP ._. ^ R06 53 all_ABN the_ATI murders_NNS were_BED R06 54 well_RB documented_VBN and_CC had_HVD the_ATI air_NN of_IN being_BEG R06 54 written_VBN by_IN an_AT ingenious_JJ ,_, but_CC R06 55 mad_JJ film_NN director_NN of_IN the_ATI thirties_CDS ._. ^ they_PP3AS R06 55 mostly_RB occurred_VBD in_IN lonely_JJ R06 56 farm-houses_NNS ._. R06 57 ^ Monsieur_NPT \0H_NP ,_, for_IN instance_NN ,_, had_HVD been_BEN R06 57 clubbed_VBN and_CC throttled_VBN to_IN R06 58 death_NN by_IN his_PP$ wife_NN ,_, children_NNS and_CC father-in-law_NN R06 58 ,_, after_IN muddling_VBG up_RP some_DTI R06 59 sheep_NNS while_CS the_ATI worse_JJR for_IN drink_NN ._. ^ the_ATI R06 59 family_NN group_NN then_RN sat_VBD down_RP for_IN a_AT R06 60 late_JJ lunch_NN before_CS the_ATI father-in-law_NN telephoned_VBD R06 60 the_ATI police_NNS ._. ^ then_RN R06 61 again_RB ,_, Monsieur_NPT \0V_NP ,_, owing_IN to_IN" family_NN R06 61 troubles_NNS ,_, had_HVD written_VBN to_IN the_ATI R06 62 local_JJ paper_NN and_CC the_ATI superintendent_NN of_IN police_NNS ,_, R06 62 informing_VBG them_PP3OS that_CS he_PP3A R06 63 was_BEDZ on_IN the_ATI point_NN of_IN committing_VBG suicide_NN ,_, R06 63 and_CC gratefully_RB leaving_VBG his_PP$ R06 64 house_NN appurtenances_NNS and_CC utensils_NNS to_IN the_ATI R06 64 superintendent_NN ._. ^ Monsieur_NPT R06 65 \0V's_NP$ house_NN was_BEDZ immediately_RB surrounded_VBN by_IN R06 65 firemen_NNS and_CC other_AP officials_NNS ,_, R06 66 but_CC there_EX was_BEDZ no_ATI Monsieur_NPT \0V_NP ._. ^ he_PP3A R06 66 telephoned_VBD a_AP few_AP" minutes_NNS later_RBR from_IN R06 67 a_AT nearby_JJB village_NN ,_, apologising_VBG for_IN the_ATI R06 67 trouble_NN ,_, but_CC explaining_VBG that_CS the_ATI R06 68 walls_NNS were_BED porous_JJ and_CC the_ATI gas_NN had_HVD escaped_VBN R06 68 ._. R06 69 ^ general_JJ relief_NN was_BEDZ expressed_VBN ,_, but_CC R06 69 Monsieur_NPT \0V_NP (_( this_DT was_BEDZ actually_RB R06 70 reported_VBN in_IN the_ATI next_AP issue_NN )_) returned_VBD home_NR R06 70 and_CC shot_VBD himself_PPL ,_, leaving_VBG a_AT R06 71 note_NN which_WDTR again_RB left_VBD his_PP$ household_NN goods_NNS R06 71 to_IN the_ATI superintendent_NN ._. ^ some_DTI R06 72 grim_JJ comic_JJ relief_NN was_BEDZ provided_VBN by_IN an_AT elderly_JJ R06 72 farm_NN labourer_NN out_RP for_IN a_AT R06 73 shoot_NN who_WPR hid_VBD himself_PPL in_IN a_AT bush_NN and_CC R06 73 imitated_VBD a_AT blackbird_NN ._. R06 74 ^ unfortunately_RB a_AT sporting_JJ taxi-driver_NN was_BEDZ after_IN R06 74 this_DT very_AP bird_NN and_CC R06 75 shot_VBD the_ATI farm-labourer_NN in_IN the_ATI face_NN ._. ^ all_ABN R06 75 ,_, however_RB ,_, ended_VBD well_RB ,_, R06 76 reported_VBD the_ATI paper_NN ,_, since_CS the_ATI pellets_NNS were_BED R06 76 easily_RB removed_VBN and_CC the_ATI R06 77 labourer_NN was_BEDZ able_JJ to_TO return_VB to_IN work_NN the_ATI R06 77 same_AP afternoon_NN ._. R06 78 ^ we_PP1AS travelled_VBD down_RP to_IN Nice_NP on_IN the_ATI R06 78 Lambretta_NP ._. ^ you_PP2 can_MD free-wheel_VB R06 79 down_RP a_AT quarter_NN of_IN the_ATI way_NN ._. ^ in_IN the_ATI R06 79 middle_NN of_IN the_ATI journey_NN is_BEZ a_AT valley_NN R06 80 with_IN a_AT sea_NN of_IN vines_NNS and_CC olives_NNS and_CC R06 80 beaches_NNS of_IN earth_NN pricked_VBN to_IN blood_NN R06 81 by_IN the_ATI hoe_NN ._. ^ rising_VBG from_IN the_ATI flecked_JJ sea_NN R06 81 are_BER islands_NNS tapering_VBG to_IN R06 82 shipwrecked_JJ castles_NNS and_CC towns_NNS ,_, grey_JJ ,_, R06 82 rose-headed_JJ mariners_NNS clinging_VBG R06 83 like_IN limpets_NNS to_IN the_ATI rock_NN ._. ^ there_EX is_BEZ a_AT R06 83 curd_NN of_IN morning_NN smoke_NN and_CC a_AT R06 84 muffled_JJ bell_NN taps_VBZ the_ATI sky_NN ._. ^ here_RN we_PP1AS R06 84 stopped_VBD ,_, as_CS in_IN fine_JJ weather_NN we_PP1AS R06 85 always_RB stopped_VBD ._. R06 86 ^ down_RP below_RI is_BEZ the_ATI village_NN of_IN Cagnes_NP ,_, R06 86 but_CC between_RI are_BER pockets_NNS of_IN R06 87 heat_NN and_CC cold_NN like_IN the_ATI hands_NNS of_IN friends_NNS R06 87 or_CC strangers_NNS ,_, and_CC a_AT flurry_NN of_IN R06 88 early_JJ smells_NNS ,_, the_ATI dark_JJ bosoms_NNS of_IN beech_NN R06 88 and_CC the_ATI thin_JJ pine_NN fingers_NNS R06 89 kissed_VBN by_IN the_ATI sun_NN ._. R06 90 ^ then_RN here_RN was_BEDZ Nice_NP ,_, and_CC the_ATI old_JJ R06 90 holiday_NN sea_NN ,_, blue_JJ as_IN a_AT new_JJ school_NN R06 91 exercise_NN book_NN ._. ^ the_ATI same_AP old_JJ Nice_NP ,_, creamy_JJ R06 91 ,_, vulgar_JJ ,_, out_RP of_IN time_NN ,_, R06 92 bitter-sweet_JJ with_IN the_ATI ghosts_NNS of_IN dead_JJ monarchs_NNS R06 92 and_CC brilliant_JJ R06 93 prostitutes_NNS ,_, edging_VBG past_IN grubby_JJ grandeur_NN to_IN R06 93 the_ATI old_JJ sleeping_JJ port_NN ._. R06 94 ^ this_DT ,_, and_CC Paris_NP ,_, were_BED my_PP$ ruined_JJ R06 94 pavilions_NNS ,_, and_CC I_PP1A could_MD catch_VB the_ATI R06 95 taste_NN of_IN dead_JJ dreams_NNS on_IN my_PP$ tongue_NN like_IN R06 95 spray_NN ._. R06 96 ^ we_PP1AS parked_VBD the_ATI Lambretta_NP opposite_IN the_ATI R06 96 Negresco_NP ,_, and_CC went_VBD to_IN the_ATI R06 97 beach_NN to_TO have_HV a_AT swim_NN ._. ^ amazing_JJ bedlam_NN R06 97 rocked_VBD in_IN our_PP$ eyes_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI sea_NN R06 98 boiled_VBD with_IN waves_NNS ,_, they_PP3AS galloped_VBD to_IN the_ATI R06 98 walls_NNS and_CC spumed_VBD over_IN the_ATI R06 99 Promenade_NP des_&FW Anglais_NP ._. ^ a_AT huge_JJ crowd_NN had_HVD R06 99 collected_VBN ._. ^ there_EX were_BED R06 100 firemen_NNS and_CC policemen_NNS and_CC ambulances_NNS ,_, and_CC R06 100 the_ATI eyes_NNS of_IN the_ATI spectators_NNS R06 101 were_BED hard_JJ with_IN disaster_NN ._. ^ they_PP3AS all_ABN had_HVD R06 101 that_DT neat_JJ look_NN of_IN Mediterranean_NP R06 102 people_NNS to_IN whom_WPOR nothing_PN could_MD ever_RB happen_VB ,_, R06 102 the_ATI chosen_JJ sane_JJ ,_, the_ATI R06 103 uncuckolded_JJ ,_, unrobbed_JJ ,_, sheltered_VBN from_IN disease_NN R06 103 and_CC accident_NN by_IN doctors_NNS ,_, R06 104 God_NP and_CC the_ATI municipality_NN ._. ^ yet_RB ,_, at_IN any_DTI R06 104 time_NN now_RN ,_, the_ATI bell_NN would_MD ring_VB R06 105 for_IN them_PP3OS *-_*- the_ATI gilded_JJ love_NN house_NN ,_, the_ATI R06 105 mad_JJ grandmother_NN or_CC the_ATI bloody_JJ R06 106 child_NN at_IN the_ATI crossroads_NN ._. ^ Mart_NP ,_, too_RB ,_, R06 106 was_BEDZ sucked_VBN into_IN the_ATI crowd_NN ,_, not_XNOT R06 107 because_CS she_PP3A felt_VBD immune_JJ from_IN horror_NN ,_, but_CC R06 107 because_CS for_IN her_PP3O the_ATI world_NN was_BEDZ R06 108 always_RB ending_VBG ,_, except_CS in_IN bed_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A joined_VBD R06 108 her_PP3O ._. ^ far_RB out_RP at_IN sea_NN we_PP1AS could_MD R06 109 see_VB a_AT circular_JJ rubber_NN object_NN with_IN a_AT body_NN on_IN R06 109 it_PP3 ._. ^ the_ATI body_NN was_BEDZ the_ATI R06 110 colour_NN of_IN rotten_JJ marble_NN ._. R06 111 ^ *'_*' it_PP3 's_BEZ a_AT woman_NN ,_, **'_**' said_VBD Mart_NP ._. R06 111 ^ a_AT boat_NN was_BEDZ approaching_VBG it_PP3 ,_, and_CC R06 112 someone_PN in_IN oilskins_NNS leant_VBD over_IN the_ATI boat_NN and_CC R06 112 fell_VBD in_RP ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ R06 113 accidental_JJ ,_, but_CC nobody_PN in_IN the_ATI crowd_NN made_VBD a_AT R06 113 sound_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ as_CS if_CS" the_ATI R06 114 visible_JJ world_NN were_BED an_AT infamous_JJ church_NN ._. ^ then_RN R06 114 two_CD men_NNS grappled_VBD on_RP to_IN R06 115 the_ATI marble_NN body_NN and_CC slowly_RB dragged_VBD it_PP3 up_RP R06 115 on_RP to_IN the_ATI boat_NN ._. R06 116 ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ growing_VBG cold_JJ ._. ^ we_PP1AS left_VBD R06 116 the_ATI crowd_NN and_CC drove_VBD back_RP to_IN Vence_NP ._. R06 117 ^ the_ATI cool_JJ evening_NN perfumes_NNS stood_VBD beckoning_VBG at_IN R06 117 the_ATI corners_NNS of_IN the_ATI R06 118 roads_NNS ._. ^ Mart_NP is_BEZ unable_JJ to_TO smell_VB (_( her_PP$ R06 118 sense_NN organs_NNS were_BED impaired_VBN years_NNS R06 119 ago_RB )_) ,_, and_CC I_PP1A had_HVD to_TO explain_VB the_ATI low_JJ R06 119 ,_, sharp_JJ and_CC sweet_JJ signals_NNS in_IN the_ATI R06 120 air_NN ._. ^ when_WRB we_PP1AS got_VBD back_RP home_NR we_PP1AS R06 120 felt_VBD exhausted_JJ ._. ^ London_NP sickness_NN (_( a_AT R06 121 sense_NN of_IN guilt_NN ,_, mingled_VBN with_IN the_ATI memory_NN of_IN R06 121 sandwiches_NNS and_CC incestuous_JJ R06 122 Soho_NP pubs_NNS )_) still_RB numbed_VBD our_PP$ brains_NNS and_CC R06 122 bodies_NNS ._. ^ we_PP1AS went_VBD straight_RB to_IN R06 123 bed_NN and_CC slept_VBD until_CS the_ATI turtle-doves_NNS drummed_VBD R06 123 up_RP the_ATI sun_NN ._. R06 124 ^ the_ATI next_AP morning_NN ,_, in_IN the_ATI square_NN opposite_IN R06 124 Pierre's_NP$ ,_, I_PP1A read_VBD about_IN R06 125 the_ATI Nice_NP beach_NN catastrophe_NN in_IN the_ATI patriote_&FW ._. ^ R06 125 Mart_NP had_HVD been_BEN right_JJ ,_, R06 126 the_ATI body_NN had_HVD been_BEN a_AT woman's_NN$ ._. ^ it_PP3 R06 126 belonged_VBD to_IN a_AT Madame_NPT \0N_NP ._. ^ enquiries_NNS R06 127 had_HVD been_BEN made_VBN in_IN the_ATI neighbourhood_NN ,_, and_CC R06 127 it_PP3 transpired_VBD that_CS Madame_NPT R06 128 \0N's_NP$ husband_NN had_HVD made_VBN an_AT arrangement_NN with_IN R06 128 the_ATI dead_JJ lady's_NN$ sister_NN to_TO R06 129 launch_VB her_PP3O into_IN the_ATI strong_JJ sea_NN and_CC there_RN R06 129 be_BE left_VBN to_TO perish_VB ._. ^ the_ATI R06 130 sister_NN ,_, able_JJ to_TO swim_VB ,_, had_HVD returned_VBN to_IN R06 130 the_ATI shore_NN ,_, but_CC instead_RB of_IN R06 131 returning_VBG to_IN her_PP$ brother-in-law_NN (_( with_IN whom_WPOR R06 131 she_PP3A had_HVD an_AT illicit_JJ R06 132 relationship_NN )_) ,_, she_PP3A went_VBD to_IN her_PP$ fiance*?2's_NN$ R06 132 house_NN and_CC confessed_VBD R06 133 everything_PN ._. ^ her_PP$ fiance*?2_NN reported_VBD her_PP3O to_IN R06 133 the_ATI police_NNS ,_, and_CC then_RN jumped_VBD R06 134 off_IN a_AT cliff_NN near_IN Monte_NP Carlo_NP ._. R06 135 ^ homage_NN for_IN Isaac_NP Babel_NP ._. R06 136 ^ Doris_NP Lessing_NP ._. R06 137 ^ the_ATI day_NN I_PP1A promised_VBD to_TO take_VB Catherine_NP R06 137 down_RP to_TO visit_VB my_PP$ young_JJ R06 138 friend_NN Philip_NP at_IN his_PP$ school_NN in_IN the_ATI country_NN R06 138 ,_, we_PP1AS were_BED to_TO leave_VB at_IN R06 139 eleven_CD ,_, but_CC she_PP3A arrived_VBD at_IN nine_CD ._. ^ her_PP$ R06 139 blue_JJ dress_NN was_BEDZ new_JJ ,_, and_CC so_PN were_BED R06 140 her_PP$ fashionable_JJ shoes_NNS ._. ^ her_PP$ hair_NN had_HVD just_RB R06 140 been_BEN done_VBN ._. ^ she_PP3A looked_VBD more_RBR R06 141 than_CS ever_RB like_IN a_AT pink_JJ and_CC gold_JJ Renoir_NP girl_NN R06 141 who_WPR expects_VBZ everything_PN from_IN R06 142 life_NN ._. R06 143 ^ Catherine_NP lives_VBZ in_IN a_AT white_JJ house_NN R06 143 overlooking_VBG the_ATI sweeping_JJ brown_JJ R06 144 tides_NNS of_IN the_ATI river_NN ._. ^ she_PP3A helped_VBD me_PP1O R06 144 clean_VB up_RP my_PP$ flat_NN with_IN a_AT devotion_NN R06 145 which_WDTR said_VBD that_CS she_PP3A felt_VBD small_JJ flats_NNS R06 145 were_BED altogether_RB more_QL romantic_JJ R06 146 than_IN large_JJ houses_NNS ._. ^ we_PP1AS drank_VBD tea_NN ,_, and_CC R06 146 talked_VBD mainly_RB about_IN Philip_NP ,_, who_WPR ,_, R06 147 being_BEG 15_CD ,_, has_HVZ pure_JJ stern_JJ tastes_NNS in_IN R06 147 everything_PN from_IN food_NN to_IN music_NN ._. R06 148 ^ Catherine_NP looked_VBD at_IN the_ATI books_NNS lying_VBG around_IN R06 148 his_PP$ room_NN ,_, and_CC asked_VBD if_CS she_PP3A R06 149 might_MD borrow_VB the_ATI stories_NNS of_IN Isaac_NP Babel_NP to_TO R06 149 read_VB on_IN the_ATI train_NN ._. R06 150 ^ Catherine_NP is_BEZ 13_CD ._. ^ I_PP1A suggested_VBD she_PP3A R06 150 might_MD find_VB them_PP3OS difficult_JJ ,_, but_CC she_PP3A R06 151 said_VBD ,_, ^ *'_*' Philip_NP reads_VBZ them_PP3OS ,_, does_DOZ R06 151 n't_XNOT he_PP3A ?_? **'_**' R06 152 ^ during_IN the_ATI journey_NN I_PP1A read_VBD newspapers_NNS and_CC R06 152 watched_VBD her_PP$ pretty_JJ R06 153 frowning_JJ face_NN as_CS she_PP3A turned_VBD the_ATI pages_NNS of_IN R06 153 Babel_NP ,_, for_CS she_PP3A was_BEDZ determined_JJ R06 154 to_TO let_VB nothing_PN get_VB between_IN her_PP3O and_CC her_PP$ R06 154 ambition_NN to_TO be_BE worthy_JJ of_IN R06 155 Philip_NP ._. R06 156 ^ at_IN the_ATI school_NN ,_, which_WDTR is_BEZ charming_JJ ,_, R06 156 civilised_JJ and_CC expensive_JJ ,_, the_ATI R06 157 two_CD children_NNS walked_VBD together_RB across_IN green_JJ R06 157 fields_NNS ,_, and_CC I_PP1A followed_VBD ,_, R06 158 seeing_VBG how_WRB the_ATI sun_NN gilded_VBD their_PP$ bright_JJ R06 158 friendly_JJ heads_NNS turned_VBN towards_IN R06 159 each_PPLS other_PPLS" as_CS they_PP3AS talked_VBD ._. ^ in_IN R06 159 Catherine's_NP$ left_JJ hand_NN she_PP3A carried_VBD the_ATI R06 160 stories_NNS of_IN Isaac_NP Babel_NP ._. R06 161 ^ after_IN lunch_NN we_PP1AS went_VBD to_IN the_ATI pictures_NNS ._. R06 161 ^ Philip_NP allowed_VBD it_PP3 to_TO be_BE R06 162 seen_VBN that_CS he_PP3A thought_VBD going_VBG to_IN the_ATI R06 162 pictures_NNS just_RB for_IN the_ATI fun_NN of_IN it_PP3 was_BEDZ R06 163 not_XNOT worthy_JJ of_IN intelligent_JJ people_NNS ,_, but_CC he_PP3A R06 163 made_VBD the_ATI concession_NN ,_, for_IN our_PP$ R06 164 sakes_NNS ._. ^ for_IN his_PP$ sake_NN we_PP1AS chose_VBD the_ATI R06 164 more_QL serious_JJ of_IN the_ATI two_CD films_NNS that_WPR R06 165 were_BED showing_VBG in_IN the_ATI little_JJ town_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 R06 165 was_BEDZ about_IN a_AT good_JJ priest_NN who_WPR R06 166 helped_VBD criminals_NNS in_IN New_NP York_NP ._. ^ his_PP$ goodness_NN R06 166 ,_, however_RB ,_, was_BEDZ not_XNOT enough_DTI R06 167 to_TO prevent_VB one_CD1 of_IN them_PP3OS from_IN being_BEG sent_VBN R06 167 to_IN the_ATI gas_NN chamber_NN ;_; and_CC Philip_NP R06 168 and_CC I_PP1A waited_VBD with_IN Catherine_NP in_IN the_ATI dark_NN R06 168 until_CS she_PP3A had_HVD stopped_VBN crying_VBG R06 169 and_CC could_MD face_VB the_ATI light_NN of_IN a_AT golden_JJ R06 169 evening_NN ._. R06 170 ^ at_IN the_ATI entrance_NN of_IN the_ATI cinema_NN the_ATI R06 170 doorman_NN was_BEDZ lying_VBG in_IN wait_NN for_IN R06 171 anyone_PN who_WPR had_HVD red_JJ eyes_NNS ._. ^ grasping_VBG R06 171 Catherine_NP by_IN her_PP$ suffering_JJ arm_NN ,_, he_PP3A R06 172 said_VBD bitterly_RB :_: ^ *'_*' yes_UH ,_, why_WRB are_BER you_PP2 R06 172 crying_VBG ,_, he_PP3A had_HVD to_TO be_BE punished_VBN for_IN R06 173 his_PP$ crime_NN ,_, did_DOD n't_XNOT he_PP3A ?_? **'_**' ^ R06 173 Catherine_NP stared_VBD at_IN him_PP3O ,_, incredulous_JJ ._. R06 174 ^ Philip_NP rescued_VBD her_PP3O by_IN saying_VBG with_IN disdain_NN R06 174 :_: ^ *'_*' some_DTI people_NNS do_DO n't_XNOT know_VB R06 175 right_NN from_IN wrong_NN even_RB when_WRB it_PP3 s_BEZ R06 175 demonstrated_VBN to_IN them_PP3OS ._. **'_**' R06 176 ^ the_ATI doorman_NN turned_VBD his_PP$ attention_NN to_IN the_ATI R06 176 next_AP red-eyed_JJ emerger_NN from_IN R06 177 the_ATI dark_NN ;_; and_CC we_PP1AS went_VBD on_RP together_RB to_IN R06 177 the_ATI station_NN ,_, the_ATI children_NNS silent_JJ R06 178 because_IN of_IN" the_ATI cruelty_NN of_IN the_ATI world_NN ._. R06 179 ^ finally_RB Catherine_NP said_VBD ,_, her_PP$ eyes_NNS wet_JJ R06 179 again_RB :_: ^ *'_*' I_PP1A think_VB it_PP3 s_BEZ R06 180 all_ABN absolutely_RB beastly_JJ ,_, and_CC I_PP1A can_MD n't_XNOT R06 180 bear_VB to_TO think_VB about_IN R06 181 it_PP3 ._. **'_**' ^ and_CC Philip_NP said_VBD :_: ^ *'_*' but_CC R06 181 we_PP1AS 've_HV got_VBN to_TO think_VB about_IN it_PP3 ,_, do_DO R06 181 n't_XNOT you_PP2 R06 182 see_VB ,_, because_CS if_CS we_PP1AS do_DO n't_XNOT it_PP3 'll_MD R06 182 just_RB go_VB on_RP and_CC on_RP ,_, do_DO n't_XNOT you_PP2 R06 183 see_VB ?_? **'_**' R06 184 ^ in_IN the_ATI train_NN going_VBG back_RP to_IN London_NP I_PP1A R06 184 sat_VBD beside_IN Catherine_NP ._. ^ she_PP3A R06 185 had_HVD the_ATI stories_NNS open_JJ in_IN front_IN" of_IN" her_PP3O ,_, R06 185 but_CC she_PP3A said_VBD :_: ^ *'_*' Philip_NP 's_BEZ R06 186 awfully_QL lucky_JJ ._. ^ I_PP1A wish_VB I_PP1A went_VBD to_IN that_DT R06 186 school_NN ._. ^ did_DOD you_PP2 notice_VB that_DT R06 187 girl_NN who_WPR said_VBD hullo_NN to_IN him_PP3O in_IN the_ATI R06 187 garden_NN ?_? R06 188 **"_**' R07 2 ^ stopping_VBG and_CC mowing_VBG ._. R07 3 ^ (_( instructions_NNS that_WPR should_MD have_HV come_VBN with_IN R07 3 my_PP$ motor_NN mower_NN )_) ._. R07 4 ^ we_PP1AS welcome_VB you_PP2 to_IN the_ATI ranks_NNS of_IN R07 4 satisfied_JJ owners_NNS of_IN motor_NN R07 5 mowers_NNS ._. ^ well_UH ,_, *'_*' ranks_NC **'_**' is_BEZ hardly_RB R07 5 the_ATI word_NN ,_, you_PP2 think_VB you_PP2 're_BER an_AT R07 6 officer_NN now_CS you_PP2 've_HV got_VBN one_CD1 of_IN these_DTS ,_, R07 6 do_DO n't_XNOT you_PP2 ,_, ha_UH ha_UH !_! ^ just_RB because_CS R07 7 your_PP$ lawn_NN is_BEZ a_AT bit_NN bigger_JJR than_IN the_ATI R07 7 average_JJ suburban_JJ size_NN ,_, you_PP2 see_VB R07 8 yourself_PPL gently_RB ambling_VBG behind_IN this_DT thing_NN ,_, R07 8 painting_VBG a_AT swathe_NN of_IN R07 9 perfect_JJ greensward_NN as_CS you_PP2 go_VB ..._... R07 10 ._. ^ who_WP do_DO you_PP2 think_VB you_PP2 are_BER ?_? ^ this_DT R07 10 is_BEZ the_ATI cheapest_JJT model_NN we_PP1AS make_VB ,_, R07 11 all_ABN gaudily_RB painted_VBN to_TO attract_VB people_NNS like_IN R07 11 you_PP2 ._. ^ you_PP2 must_MD know_VB that_CS R07 12 proper_JJ lawns_NNS ,_, belonging_VBG to_IN stately_JJ homes_NRS or_CC R07 12 golf_NN clubs_NNS ,_, are_BER made_VBN with_IN R07 13 proper_JJ ,_, dark_JJ green_JJ mowers_NNS ,_, that_CS the_ATI man_NN R07 13 sits_VBZ on_IN in_IN a_AT shiny_JJ steel_NN R07 14 saddle_NN ;_; old_JJ mowers_NNS ,_, that_WPR we_PP1AS made_VBD fifty_CD R07 14 years_NNS ago_RB ,_, efficient_JJ ,_, heavy_JJ ,_, R07 15 inherited_VBN by_IN their_PP$ owners_NNS ,_, long_RB before_CS R07 15 these_DTS modern_JJ notions_NNS of_IN R07 16 egalitarianism_NN and_CC an_AT expanding_JJ economy_NN compelled_VBD R07 16 us_PP1OS to_TO turn_VB out_RP these_DTS R07 17 fiddling_JJ little_JJ things_NNS for_IN people_NNS like_IN you_PP2 ,_, R07 17 to_TO keep_VB our_PP$ factory_NN going_VBG R07 18 in_IN off_JJB periods_NNS ,_, when_WRB we_PP1AS are_BER not_XNOT R07 18 servicing_VBG these_DTS proper_JJ ,_, old_JJ mowers_NNS for_IN R07 19 our_PP$ titled_JJ clients_NNS ._. ^ however_RB ,_, since_CS you_PP2 R07 19 've_HV bought_VBN it_PP3 ,_, and_CC much_AP good_NN R07 20 may_MD it_PP3 do_DO you_PP2 ,_, here_RN are_BER a_AP few_AP" hints_NNS R07 20 ._. R07 21 ^ starting_VBG (_( a_ZZ )_) from_IN cold_JJ :_: R07 22 ^ 1_CD1 ._. ^ take_VB the_ATI plug_NN out_RP ._. ^ watch_VB that_DT R07 22 little_JJ tin_NN thing_NN sticking_VBG up_RP ;_; R07 23 it_PP3 catches_VBZ your_PP$ knuckles_NNS when_WRB the_ATI spanner_NN R07 23 suddenly_RB gives_VBZ ._. ^ we_PP1AS 've_HV given_VBN R07 24 you_PP2 a_AT set_NN of_IN spanners_NNS ,_, made_VBN of_IN lead_NN ._. R07 25 ^ 2_CD ._. ^ clean_VB the_ATI plug_NN ,_, if_CS possible_JJ ._. ^ R07 25 it_PP3 will_MD be_BE smothered_VBN in_IN oil_NN ,_, R07 26 because_CS you_PP2 have_HV to_TO put_VB the_ATI oil_NN in_IN the_ATI R07 26 petrol_NN ;_; there_EX is_BEZ no_ATI separate_JJ R07 27 lubrication_NN system_NN ._. ^ you_PP2 probably_RB think_VB the_ATI R07 27 oil_NN is_BEZ ignited_VBN with_IN the_ATI R07 28 petrol_NN vapour_NN in_IN the_ATI cylinder_NN ,_, so_RB how_WRB can_MD R07 28 you_PP2 lubricate_VB an_AT engine_NN with_IN R07 29 smoke_NN ?_? ^ well_UH ,_, as_CS you_PP2 can_MD see_VB ,_, it_PP3 R07 29 is_BEZ n't_XNOT ignited_VBN ._. ^ it_PP3 just_RB wets_VBZ the_ATI R07 30 plug_NN ._. R07 31 ^ 3_CD ._. ^ undo_VB the_ATI nut_NN at_IN the_ATI bottom_NN of_IN R07 31 the_ATI cylinder_NN ,_, and_CC a_AT lot_NN more_AP oil_NN R07 32 will_MD dribble_VB out_RP *-_*- well_UH ,_, you_PP2 should_MD n't_XNOT R07 32 have_HV it_PP3 on_IN the_ATI grass_NN yet_RB ._. R07 33 ^ put_VB the_ATI nut_NN back_RP *-_*- steady_RB ,_, not_XNOT too_QL R07 33 tight_JJ ,_, the_ATI bottom_NN of_IN the_ATI cylinder_NN R07 34 is_BEZ made_VBN of_IN lead_NN ,_, too_RB ._. ^ well_UH ,_, now_CS R07 34 you_PP2 've_HV broken_VBN the_ATI thread_NN ,_, just_RB make_VB R07 35 it_PP3 as_QL tight_JJ as_CS you_PP2 can_MD ._. R07 36 ^ 3a_CD ._. ^ you_PP2 've_HV left_VBN the_ATI washer_NN off_IN R07 36 that_DT nut_NN ._. ^ that_DT 's_BEZ why_WRB you_PP2 broke_VBD R07 37 the_ATI thread_NN ._. ^ no_ATI garage_NN will_MD have_HV a_AT washer_NN R07 37 that_DT size_NN ,_, you_PP2 'd_HVD better_RBR R07 38 start_VB looking_VBG for_IN it_PP3 in_IN the_ATI grass_NN ._. R07 39 ^ 4_CD ._. ^ put_VB plug_NN back_RP ,_, and_CC watch_VB out_RP R07 39 for_IN your_PP$ other_AP knuckles_NNS ._. ^ aah_UH ,_, R07 40 sorry_JJ !_! ^ the_ATI same_AP knuckles_NNS ._. ^ not_XNOT too_QL R07 40 tight_JJ ,_, you_PP2 will_MD n't_XNOT get_VB away_RP with_IN R07 41 doing_VBG this_DT just_RB once_RB ,_, you_PP2 'll_MD only_RB make_VB R07 41 it_PP3 hard_JJ to_TO undo_VB again_RB ._. R07 42 ^ 5_CD ._. ^ kick_VB starter_NN (_( or_CC pull_VB rope_NN ,_, if_CS R07 42 it_PP3 's_BEZ one_CD1 of_IN those_DTS )_) ._. ^ again_RB ._. R07 43 ^ full_JJ choke_NN ._. ^ again_RB ,_, again_RB ,_, again_RB ._. ^ R07 43 full_JJ throttle_NN ._. ^ again_RB twenty-seven_CD R07 44 times_NNS ,_, with_IN every_AT possible_JJ combination_NN of_IN R07 44 throttle_NN and_CC choke_NN ._. ^ again_RB ,_, R07 45 with_IN half_ABN thrott_NN *-_*- R07 46 ^ 6_CD ._. ^ switch_VB the_ATI petrol_NN on_RP ,_, you_PP2 fool_NN R07 46 ._. R07 47 ^ 7_CD ._. ^ repeat_VB (_( 5_CD )_) ._. ^ then_RN repeat_VB (_( R07 47 1-4_CD-CD )_) ,_, plug_NN will_MD be_BE wetter_JJR than_CS when_WRB R07 48 you_PP2 started_VBD by_IN now_RN ._. R07 49 ^ 8_CD ._. ^ repeat_VB (_( 5_CD )_) again_RB ._. ^ go_VB and_CC R07 49 lie_VB down_RP for_IN a_AT bit_NN ._. R07 50 ^ 9_CD ._. ^ run_VB like_IN hell_NN with_IN it_PP3 in_IN gear_NN ._. R07 51 ^ starting_VBG (_( b_ZZ )_) from_IN hot_JJ :_: R07 52 ^ it_PP3 is_BEZ impossible_JJ to_TO start_VB this_DT engine_NN R07 52 from_IN hot_JJ ._. ^ it_PP3 is_BEZ something_PN R07 53 to_TO do_DO with_IN that_DT oil_NN vapour_NN ._. ^ once_CS you_PP2 R07 53 let_VB it_PP3 stop_VB ,_, you_PP2 've_HV had_HVN it_PP3 ,_, R07 54 you_PP2 'll_MD have_HV to_TO wait_VB for_IN it_PP3 to_TO get_VB R07 54 stone-cold_JJ and_CC start_VB from_IN the_ATI R07 55 beginning_NN ._. ^ just_RB do_DO n't_XNOT leave_VB it_PP3 for_IN a_AT R07 55 second_NN ,_, and_CC keep_VB it_PP3 roaring_VBG ._. R07 56 ^ adjustment_NN of_IN blades_NNS :_: R07 57 ^ there_EX is_BEZ a_AT hairbreadth_NN adjustment_NN on_IN this_DT R07 57 machine_NN ,_, between_IN the_ATI R07 58 position_NN where_WRB it_PP3 just_RB brushes_VBZ the_ATI top_NN of_IN R07 58 the_ATI grass_NN and_CC the_ATI one_CD1 where_WRB R07 59 it_PP3 digs_VBZ great_JJ gashes_NNS in_IN the_ATI earth_NN ._. ^ R07 59 practice_VB with_IN a_AT new_JJ electric_JJ light_NN R07 60 switch_NN ._. ^ if_CS you_PP2 can_MD find_VB a_AT position_NN where_WRB R07 60 the_ATI light_NN just_RB flickers_VBZ R07 61 between_IN *'_*' on_NC **'_**' and_CC *'_*' off_NC **'_**' you_PP2 R07 61 'll_MD be_BE able_JJ to_TO wangle_VB these_DTS blades_NNS ._. R07 62 ^ remember_VB that_CS they_PP3AS are_BER finely_RB ,_, not_XNOT to_TO R07 62 say_VB neurotically_RB adjusted_VBN ._. R07 63 ^ quite_ABL a_AT small_JJ pebble_NN will_MD wrench_VB the_ATI R07 63 blades_NNS out_RP of_IN shape_NN ._. ^ you_PP2 will_MD R07 64 know_VB when_WRB this_DT has_HVZ happened_VBN when_WRB they_PP3AS R07 64 either_DTX make_VB a_AT frightful_JJ clanging_JJ R07 65 noise_NN or_CC will_MD n't_XNOT go_VB round_RP at_IN all_ABN ._. ^ R07 65 the_ATI people_NNS for_IN whom_WPOR we_PP1AS make_VB our_PP$ R07 66 proper_JJ mowers_NNS do_DO not_XNOT have_HV pebbles_NNS on_IN their_PP$ R07 66 lawns_NNS ,_, let_RB alone_RB" the_ATI small_JJ R07 67 metal_NN fire_NN engines_NNS ,_, dolls'_NNS$ boots_NNS ,_, plastic_NN R07 67 alphabets_NNS ,_, nails_NNS and_CC spoons_NNS R07 68 that_WPR litter_VB yours_PP$$ ._. R07 69 ^ operation_NN :_: R07 70 ^ it_PP3 is_BEZ only_RB possible_JJ to_TO operate_VB this_DT R07 70 machine_NN at_IN a_AT steady_JJ trot_NN ._. R07 71 ^ at_IN ordinary_JJ walking_NN pace_NN it_PP3 will_MD stall_VB ._. ^ R07 71 and_CC remember_VB ,_, the_ATI clutch_NN is_BEZ R07 72 not_XNOT a_AT gradual_JJ affair_NN like_IN the_ATI one_CD1 on_IN a_AT R07 72 car_NN ._. ^ the_ATI instant_NN you_PP2 engage_VB it_PP3 R07 73 the_ATI machine_NN will_MD rush_VB away_RP ,_, with_IN or_CC without_IN R07 73 you_PP2 ._. ^ so_RB it_PP3 's_BEZ no_RB good_JJ R07 74 trying_VBG to_TO cut_VB round_IN those_DTS silly_JJ little_JJ R07 74 circular_JJ rosebeds_NNS you_PP2 have_HV ._. R07 75 ^ this_DT machine_NN only_RB mows_VBZ in_IN a_AT dead_RB straight_JJ R07 75 line_NN ,_, any_DTI curves_NNS and_CC you_PP2 'll_MD R07 76 dig_VB into_IN the_ATI earth_NN ._. ^ what_WDT do_DO you_PP2 expect_VB R07 76 for_IN the_ATI price_NN you_PP2 paid_VBD ,_, a_AT R07 77 differential_JJ axle_NN ?_? R07 78 ^ maintenance_NN :_: R07 79 ^ you_PP2 will_MD find_VB a_AT number_NN of_IN little_JJ R07 79 contraptions_NNS with_IN spring_NN caps_NNS ,_, R07 80 for_IN putting_VBG the_ATI oil_NN in_IN ._. ^ they_PP3AS will_MD R07 80 n't_XNOT leave_VB room_NN for_IN the_ATI spout_NN of_IN any_DTI R07 81 oilcan_NN ,_, however_WRB thin_JJ ;_; you_PP2 'll_MD just_RB have_HV R07 81 to_TO squirt_VB away_RP ,_, making_VBG an_AT oozy_JJ R07 82 mess_NN ,_, and_CC hope_VB some_DTI of_IN it_PP3 's_BEZ getting_VBG R07 82 in_RP ._. ^ soon_RB the_ATI spring_NN caps_NNS will_MD R07 83 come_VB off_RP ,_, anyway_RB ;_; then_RN there_EX 'll_MD just_RB be_BE R07 83 these_DTS little_JJ holes_NNS blocked_VBN R07 84 with_IN oily_JJ grass_NN ._. R07 85 ^ finally_RB ,_, three_CD golden_JJ rules_NNS :_: R07 86 ^ 1_CD1 ._. ^ keep_VB a_AT magnet_NN for_IN finding_VBG washers_NNS R07 86 ,_, spring_NN caps_NNS ,_, nuts_NNS ,_, \0etc_RB R07 87 ._. ^ 2_CD ._. ^ never_RB let_VB it_PP3 stop_VB ._. R07 88 ^ 3_CD ._. ^ do_DO n't_XNOT give_VB your_PP$ hand-mower_NN away_RP R07 88 ._. R07 89 ^ official_JJ deceiver_NN ._. R07 90 ^ as_CS any_DTI typist_NN knows_VBZ ,_, the_ATI typewriter_NN R07 90 reveals_VBZ the_ATI subconscious_JJ R07 91 of_IN the_ATI machine_NN age_NN mainly_RB by_IN three_CD simple_JJ R07 91 devices_NNS (_( or_CC decives_NNS )_) ;_; the_ATI R07 92 confusion_NN of_IN c_ZZ with_IN v_ZZ ,_, of_IN k_ZZ with_IN l_ZZ ,_, R07 92 and_CC the_ATI interchange_NN of_IN vowels_NNS R07 93 (_( \0e.g_RB paino_NN for_IN piano_NN )_) or_CC vonsonants_NNS ._. ^ R07 93 much_AP more_AP R07 94 linguistic_JJ research_NN has_HVZ been_BEN devoted_VBN to_IN these_DTS R07 94 three_CD *'_*' major_JJ R07 95 **'_**' substitutions_NNS than_CS to_IN the_ATI two_CD *'_*' minor_JJ R07 95 **'_**' ones_CD1S *-_*- the_ATI appearance_NN of_IN the_ATI R07 96 figure_NN 8_CD in_IN place_NN of_IN the_ATI apostrophe_NN and_CC of_IN R07 96 m_ZZ for_IN the_ATI comma_NN ._. ^ this_DT last_AP R07 97 always_RB seems_VBZ to_IN me_PP1O like_IN a_AT self-deprecatory_JJ R07 97 clearing_NN of_IN the_ATI throat_NN ,_, a_AT R07 98 rudimentary_JJ ahem_UH ,_, as_CS if_CS" to_TO suggest_VB that_CS R07 98 all_ABN man8s_NN$ thought_NN is_BEZ R07 99 improvisedm_VBN and_CC should_MD not_XNOT be_BE taken_VBN too_QL R07 99 seriously_RB ._. R07 100 ^ of_IN all_ABN the_ATI words_NNS thrown_VBN up_RP by_IN my_PP$ R07 100 typewriter_NN I_PP1A have_HV yet_RB to_TO see_VB one_CD1 R07 101 more_QL real_JJ and_CC significant_JJ than_IN bunkrapt_JJ ._. ^ R07 101 everybody_PN knows_VBZ what_WDT R07 102 ordinary_JJ bankruptcy_NN is_BEZ ,_, and_CC the_ATI gloomier_JJR R07 102 vommentators_NNS often_RB speak_VB of_IN R07 103 *'_*' the_ATI bankruptcy_NN of_IN our_PP$ civilisation_NN **'_**' ._. ^ R07 103 now_RN vivilization_NN can_MD never_RB R07 104 really_RB be_BE bankrupt_JJ ;_; the_ATI very_AP word_NN suggests_VBZ R07 104 that_CS vivilized_JJ man_NN is_BEZ R07 105 vivified_VBN ,_, alive_JJ *-_*- and_CC as_QL long_RB as_CS he_PP3A R07 105 8s_BEZ alice_JJ there_EX 8s_BEZ hope_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 is_BEZ R07 106 mere_JJB defeatism_NN to_TO say_VB that_CS our_PP$ vicilization_NN R07 106 is_BEZ bankrupt_JJ ;_; but_CC once_CS ,_, R07 107 by_IN means_IN" of_IN" the_ATI typewriterm_NN we_PP1AS have_HV R07 107 isolated_VBN this_DT voncept_NN of_IN R07 108 bunkraptcy_NN ,_, we_PP1AS are_BER like_IN Bright_NP and_CC Hodgkinm_NP R07 108 isolating_VBG and_CC naming_VBG R07 109 those_DTS diseases_NNS which_WDTR bear_VB their_PP$ names_NNS ._. ^ R07 109 we_PP1AS are_BER half-way_RB ,_, if_CS not_XNOT to_IN R07 110 curing_VBG ,_, at_RB least_RB" to_IN vuring_VBG it_PP3 ._. R07 111 ^ for_CS what_WDT is_BEZ bunkraptcy_NN but_IN the_ATI state_NN of_IN R07 111 being_BEG rapt_JJ by_IN bunk_NN ,_, R07 112 entranced_VBN by_IN rubbish_NN ,_, absorbed_VBN by_IN frovilous_JJ R07 112 unreality_NN ?_? ^ a_AT bunkrapt_NN R07 113 is_BEZ ,_, surely_RB ,_, a_AT man_NN who_WPR sits_VBZ for_IN hours_NNS R07 113 staring_VBG at_IN TC_NN ,_, or_CC reading_VBG R07 114 newspapers_NNS filled_VBN with_IN gissop_NN volumns_NNS retailing_VBG R07 114 the_ATI acticities_NNS R07 115 (_( too_QL often_RB extramartial_JJ )_) of_IN worthless_JJ R07 115 nenontities_NNS such_IN as_IN" acrots_NNS R07 116 and_CC catresses_NNS ,_, film_NN srats_NNS and_CC coroners_NNS ._. ^ R07 116 there_EX is_BEZ an_AT invurable_JJ R07 117 fricolity_NN about_IN a_AT bunkrapt_NN ,_, a_AT refusal_NN to_TO R07 117 face_VB up_RP to_IN reality_NN ;_; the_ATI R07 118 full_JJ stature_NN of_IN man_NN is_BEZ diminished_VBN in_IN him_PP3O R07 118 ._. ^ after_IN all_ABN it_PP3 's_BEZ no_RB good_JJ R07 119 pretending_VBG the_ATI world_NN is_BEZ n8t_XNOT real_JJ ._. ^ it_PP3 R07 119 's_BEZ only_RB too_QL lear_JJ ._. R07 120 ^ but_CC in_IN our_PP$ vicilization_NN any_DTI man_NN who_WPR R07 120 faves_VBZ up_RP to_IN the_ATI real_JJ R07 121 world_NN is_BEZ pat_JJ to_TO be_BE dubbed_VBN *'_*' square_JJ **'_**' R07 121 ._. ^ there_EX is_BEZ real_JJ danger_NN to_IN the_ATI R07 122 civilization_NN of_IN the_ATI wets_NNS here_RN ._. ^ it_PP3 is_BEZ R07 122 no_RB good_JJ simply_RB sneering_VBG at_IN the_ATI R07 123 Russians_NNPS for_IN being_BEG *'_*' puranitical_JJ **'_**' when_WRB R07 123 actually_RB they_PP3AS are_BER simply_RB R07 124 more_QL teun_JJ with_IN the_ATI lear_JJ facts_NNS of_IN life_NN than_CS R07 124 we_PP1AS are_BER ._. ^ unless_CS we_PP1AS R07 125 pukk_VB up_RP our_PP$ socks_NNS the_ATI Russiansm_NNPS the_ATI *'_*' R07 125 squares_NNS **'_**' ,_, will_MD have_HV the_ATI R07 126 kast_AP kaugh_NN ;_; and_CC very_QL unpleasant_JJ it_PP3 wikk_MD R07 126 sound_VB ._. R07 127 ^ what_WDT is_BEZ to_TO be_BE done_VBN ,_, then_RN ?_? ^ I_PP1A R07 127 would_MD suggest_VB ,_, now_RN we_PP1AS have_HV found_VBN the_ATI R07 128 word_NN for_IN what_WDT is_BEZ wrong_JJ with_IN us_PP1OS ,_, that_CS R07 128 there_EX is_BEZ a_AT way_NN out_RP without_IN being_BEG R07 129 purinatical_JJ or_CC *'_*' quares_JJ **'_**' ._. ^ why_WRB do_DO R07 129 we_PP1AS not_XNOT treat_VB bunkraptcy_NN R07 130 precisely_RB as_CS we_PP1AS treat_VB bankruptcy_NN ?_? ^ let_VB R07 130 us_PP1OS have_HV a_AT bunkraptcy_NN Vourt_NPL ,_, R07 131 before_IN which_WDTR persons_NNS who_WPR had_HVD gone_VBN bunkrapt_JJ R07 131 would_MD have_HV to_TO appear_VB ._. R07 132 ^ but_CC the_ATI proceedings_NNS would_MD be_BE medical_JJ as_CC R07 132 well_CC" as_CC" legal_JJ ._. ^ bunkraptcy_NN R07 133 is_BEZ a_AT disease_NN as_CC well_CC" as_CC" a_AT crime_NN ,_, and_CC R07 133 would_MD have_HV to_TO be_BE treated_VBN partly_RB R07 134 as_CS crime_NN was_BEDZ terated_VBN in_IN Samuel_NP Butler's_NP$ R07 134 nowhere_RB *-_*- \0i.e_RB R07 135 medivally_RB ._. R07 136 ^ it_PP3 should_MD not_XNOT be_BE difficult_JJ to_TO work_VB out_RP R07 136 a_AT set_NN of_IN standard_JJ tests_NNS R07 137 for_IN determining_VBG a_AT man's_NN$ reality_NN quotient_NN (_( R07 137 \0RQ_NP )_) ,_, analogous_JJ to_IN the_ATI R07 138 \0IQ_NN tests_NNS ._. ^ after_IN all_ABN ,_, many_AP psychoolgists_NNS R07 138 spend_VB their_PP$ whole_JJ R07 139 lives_NNS working_VBG out_RP tests_NNS named_VBN after_IN R07 139 themselves_PPLS ._. ^ the_ATI tests_NNS should_MD take_VB R07 140 into_IN account_NN a_AT man8s_NN$ whole_JJ being_NN ,_, not_XNOT R07 140 just_RB his_PP$ tastes_NNS in_IN R07 141 entertainment_NN ._. ^ a_AT baker_NN ,_, let_VB us_PP1OS saym_VB R07 141 would_MD score_VB so_QL many_AP points_NNS for_IN R07 142 doing_VBG a_AT real_JJ job_NN that_CS for_IN him_PP3O to_TO read_VB R07 142 or_CC view_VB bunk_NN would_MD not_XNOT be_BE nearly_RB R07 143 so_QL serious_JJ as_CS for_IN a_AT stockbroker_NN ,_, engaged_VBN in_IN R07 143 a_AT job_NN that_WPR is_BEZ R07 144 fundamentally_RB unlear_JJ ,_, nothing_PN to_TO do_DO with_IN R07 144 making_VBG or_CC fashioning_VBG R07 145 anything_PN except_IN money_NN ._. ^ a_AT stockbroker_NN would_MD R07 145 lose_VB heavily_RB for_IN reading_VBG R07 146 fricolous_JJ newspapers_NNS ._. ^ anyone_PN with_IN children_NNS R07 146 reasonably_RB well_RB brought_VBN R07 147 up_RP would_MD have_HV a_AT head_JJB start_NN ._. ^ but_CC a_AT R07 147 serious_JJ person_NN who_WPR read_VBD no_ATI bunk_NN at_IN R07 148 all_ABN would_MD n8t_XNOT come_VB off_RP too_QL well_RB ;_; the_ATI R07 148 thing_NN is_BEZ not_XNOT to_TO be_BE rapt_JJ by_IN R07 149 it_PP3 ._. R07 150 ^ the_ATI legal_JJ side_NN of_IN the_ATI bunkraptcy_NN Vourt_NPL R07 150 would_MD consist_VB in_IN the_ATI R07 151 fact_NN that_CS a_AT person_NN with_IN a_AT \0RQ_NP below_IN the_ATI R07 151 statuotry_JJ mimunim_NN R07 152 would_MD be_BE registered_VBN as_IN an_AT induscharged_JJ bunkrapt_NN R07 152 ,_, not_XNOT allowed_VBN to_TO R07 153 take_VB any_DTI part_NN in_IN public_JJ life_NN until_CS ,_, after_IN R07 153 attendance_NN at_IN a_AT R07 154 herabilitation_NN Centre_NP ,_, he_PP3A had_HVD upgraded_VBN his_PP$ R07 154 \0RQ_NP ._. R07 156 ^ some_DTI may_MD think_VB that_CS this_DT would_MD be_BE R07 156 starting_VBG from_IN the_ATI wrong_JJ end_NN ,_, R07 157 that_CS personal_JJ bunkraptcy_NN is_BEZ an_AT inevitable_JJ ,_, R07 157 unblameable_JJ response_NN to_IN R07 158 living_VBG in_IN an_AT over-complex_JJ ,_, fractured_JJ society_NN R07 158 in_IN which_WDTR even_RB the_ATI R07 159 creative_JJ ratists_NNS who_WPR set_VB the_ATI tone_NN of_IN our_PP$ R07 159 cicikization_NN are_BER no_RB R07 160 longer_RBR all-round_JJB totally_RB real_JJ men_NNS like_IN R07 160 Shakespeare_NP ;_; they_PP3AS are_BER men_NNS who_WPR R07 161 exclusively_RB ,_, intensely_RB mebody_VB one_CD1 snigle_JJ facet_NN R07 161 of_IN life_NN ,_, such_IN as_IN" R07 162 dismebodied_JJ intellect_NN (_( Shaw_NP )_) ,_, misonygy_NN (_( R07 162 Stringberd_NP )_) ,_, historical_JJ R07 163 pattern_NN (_( Tonybee_NP )_) ,_, sexaul_JJ feredom_NN (_( Lawrence_NP R07 163 ._. ^ only_RB a_AT bunkrapt_JJ R07 164 vicilization_NN could_MD have_HV made_VBN such_ABL an_AT R07 164 extraordinary_JJ cause_NN R07 165 ve*?3lebre_JJ of_IN Lady_NPT Chattelrey's_NP$ lover_NN )_) ._. ^ R07 165 this_DT may_MD be_BE so_PN ._. ^ but_CC if_CS R07 166 writers_NNS hace_HV changed_VBN the_ATI worldm_NN may_MD not_XNOT R07 166 typewriters_NNS change_VB it_PP3 R07 167 also_RB ?_? ^ m_UH ?_? R07 168 ^ the_ATI obliviscents_NNS ._. R07 169 ^ how_WRB curious_JJ England_NP will_MD be_BE in_IN fifty_CD R07 169 years'_NNS$ time_NN ,_, when_WRB every_AT R07 170 fair-sized_JJ town_NN has_HVZ a_AT university_NN ,_, doubtless_RB R07 170 interconnected_VBN by_IN R07 171 motorways_NNS ,_, and_CC everyone_PN under_IN twenty-five_CD is_BEZ R07 171 a_AT student_NN ,_, belonging_VBG R07 172 to_IN that_DT union_NN (_( ideally_RB the_ATI motorways_NNS would_MD R07 172 have_HV a_AT special_JJ lane_NN for_IN R07 173 dons_NNS *-_*- a_AT tutorway_NN *-_*- so_TO as_TO" to_TO" make_VB R07 173 these_DTS increasingly_RB scarce_JJ men_NNS R07 174 rapidly_RB available_JJ to_IN several_AP universities_NNS )_) ._. ^ R07 174 people_NNS like_IN me_PP1O ,_, who_WPR spend_VB R07 175 their_PP$ whole_JJ lives_NNS trying_VBG not_XNOT merely_RB to_TO R07 175 keep_VB the_ATI facts_NNS within_IN a_AT subject_NN R07 176 separate_JJ (_( answer_VB quickly_RB now_RN ,_, what_WDT are_BER a_AT R07 176 full_JJ cadence_NN ,_, a_AT half-cadence_NN ,_, R07 177 a_AT plagal_JJ cadence_NN ,_, a_AT false_JJ cadence_NN ?_? )_) but_CC R07 177 to_TO prevent_VB the_ATI subjects_NNS R07 178 themselves_PPLS from_IN merging_VBG into_IN a_AT comfortable_JJ R07 178 academic_JJ dreamland_NN ,_, nothing_PN R07 179 to_TO do_DO with_IN actual_JJ life_NN ,_, will_MD be_BE even_RB R07 179 worse_RBR off_RP than_CS we_PP1AS are_BER now_RN ._. ^ how_WRB R07 180 shall_MD we_PP1AS possibly_RB hold_VB up_RP our_PP$ heads_NNS among_IN R07 180 all_ABN these_DTS students_NNS ,_, on_IN whom_WPOR R07 181 these_DTS universities_NNS will_MD have_HV acted_VBN like_IN hypo_NN R07 181 ,_, fixing_VBG for_RB ever_RB" the_ATI R07 182 clear_JJ photographic_JJ images_NNS ,_, bright_JJ ,_, separate_JJ ,_, R07 182 distinct_JJ ,_, that_WPR we_PP1AS all_ABN had_HVD R07 183 at_IN the_ATI height_NN of_IN our_PP$ powers_NNS ,_, when_WRB we_PP1AS R07 183 were_BED sixteen_CD ?_? ^ (_( hypo_NN what_WDT ?_? R07 184 ^ hypochloride_NN ._. ^ hyposulphate_NN ?_? ^ hypocrite_NN ?_? ^ R07 184 you_PP2 see_VB what_WDT I_PP1A mean_VB ._. )_) R07 185 ^ there_EX ought_MD to_TO be_BE a_AT word_NN for_IN us_PP1OS :_: R07 185 obliviscents_NNS ,_, people_NNS who_WPR forget_VB ._. R07 186 ^ of_RB course_RB" ,_, everyone_PN forgets_VBZ ;_; but_CC R07 186 obliviscents_NNS are_BER people_NNS who_WPR try_VB not_XNOT R07 187 to_TO ,_, who_WPR worry_VB about_IN it_PP3 ._. ^ the_ATI other_AP R07 187 day_NN the_ATI word_NN Mardonius_NC popped_VBD R07 188 into_IN my_PP$ head_NN from_IN nowhere_RB ._. ^ I_PP1A could_MD R07 188 n't_XNOT for_IN the_ATI life_NN of_IN me_PP1O remember_VB R07 189 whether_CS he_PP3A was_BEDZ Greek_JNP or_CC Persian_JNP ,_, although_CS R07 189 I_PP1A could_MD remember_VB writing_VBG R07 190 an_AT essay_NN about_IN him_PP3O at_IN school_NN ._. ^ but_CC surely_RB R07 190 it_PP3 is_BEZ n't_XNOT all_ABN or_CC nothing_PN ,_, R07 191 must_MD we_PP1AS admit_VB that_CS all_ABN that_DT effort_NN is_BEZ R07 191 as_CS if_CS" it_PP3 had_HVD never_RB been_BEN ?_? ^ was_BEDZ it_PP3 R07 192 not_XNOT something_PN ,_, at_RB least_RB" ,_, to_TO know_VB he_PP3A R07 192 was_BEDZ \0B.C_RB ,_, and_CC not_XNOT ,_, for_IN R07 193 instance_NN ,_, a_AT Roman_NNP ?_? ^ so_RB I_PP1A clung_VBD to_IN R07 193 this_DT shadowy_JJ Mardonius_NP ,_, R07 194 simultaneously_RB a_AT hard_JJ ,_, noble_JJ Greek_JNP soldier_NN and_CC R07 194 a_AT soft_JJ ,_, curling-lipped_JJ R07 195 Persian_JNP tyrant_NN ;_; bearded_JJ and_CC clean-shaven_JJ ;_; on_IN R07 195 both_ABX sides_NNS at_RB once_RB" ,_, a_AT R07 196 faint_JJ ghost-Mardonius_NP in_IN the_ATI sky_NN ;_; a_AT R07 196 potentiality_NN ,_, only_RB half-real_JJ ._. R08 2 ^ 16_CD ._. R08 3 ^ Chinese_JNP geese_NNS ._. R08 4 ^ early_RB in_IN our_PP$ occupation_NN of_IN Pond_NPL Cottage_NPL R08 4 ,_, when_WRB it_PP3 was_BEDZ yet_RB R08 5 scarcely_RB homely_JJ ,_, I_PP1A heard_VBD another_DT and_CC uglier_JJR R08 5 noise_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ the_ATI voices_NNS R08 6 of_IN two_CD geese_NNS ,_, and_CC they_PP3AS were_BED to_TO plague_VB R08 6 us_PP1OS for_IN many_AP a_AT month_NN ._. ^ looking_VBG R08 7 out_RP of_IN my_PP$ bedroom_NN window_NN in_IN the_ATI early_JJ R08 7 light_NN I_PP1A observed_VBD these_DTS lovely_JJ R08 8 birds_NNS floating_VBG lightly_RB on_IN the_ATI water's_NN$ surface_NN R08 8 and_CC giving_VBG off_RP at_IN R08 9 intervals_NNS a_AT colourable_JJ imitation_NN of_IN a_AT klaxon-horn_NN R08 9 ._. ^ inquiry_NN revealed_VBD R08 10 that_CS they_PP3AS were_BED the_ATI property_NN of_IN one_CD1 of_IN R08 10 my_PP$ neighbours_NNS ,_, whose_WP$R custom_NN it_PP3 R08 11 was_BEDZ to_TO give_VB them_PP3OS the_ATI freedom_NN of_IN the_ATI R08 11 water_NN at_IN frequent_JJ intervals_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS R08 12 were_BED of_IN the_ATI kind_NN called_VBN Chinese_JNP geese_NNS but_CC R08 12 they_PP3AS were_BED far_RB from_RB" R08 13 inscrutable_JJ ._. ^ they_PP3AS were_BED vile_JJ in_IN temper_NN ,_, R08 13 dreadful_JJ bullies_NNS and_CC cowards_NNS ,_, R08 14 noisy_JJ in_IN and_CC out_RP of_IN season_NN ,_, and_CC ,_, as_CS R08 14 I_PP1A have_HV said_VBN ,_, really_RB beautiful_JJ ._. ^ it_PP3 R08 15 seemed_VBD surprising_JJ to_IN me_PP1O that_CS so_QL much_AP that_WPR R08 15 was_BEDZ objectionable_JJ should_MD R08 16 reside_VB in_IN such_ABL a_AT lovely_JJ source_NN ._. R08 17 ^ an_AT inquiry_NN of_IN their_PP$ owner_NN ,_, a_AT calm_JJ man_NN R08 17 who_WPR seemed_VBD unmoved_JJ by_IN their_PP$ R08 18 clamour_NN ,_, as_CS parents_NNS enjoy_VB the_ATI crying_NN of_IN R08 18 their_PP$ children_NNS ,_, revealed_VBD the_ATI R08 19 excellent_JJ news_NN that_CS ,_, though_CS he_PP3A had_HVD hoped_VBN R08 19 for_IN better_JJR things_NNS ,_, they_PP3AS were_BED R08 20 both_ABX females_NNS and_CC unlikely_JJ on_IN that_DT account_NN to_TO R08 20 produce_VB young_NN of_IN their_PP$ R08 21 kind_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A realized_VBD that_CS I_PP1A had_HVD had_HVN a_AT R08 21 fortunate_JJ escape_NN when_WRB he_PP3A also_RB added_VBD R08 22 that_CS they_PP3AS were_BED the_ATI only_AP two_CD survivors_NNS of_IN R08 22 a_AT brood_NN of_IN eight_CD ._. ^ *'_*' terribly_RB R08 23 delicate_JJ ,_, they_PP3AS are_BER ,_, as_IN chicks_NNS **'_**' ,_, R08 23 he_PP3A said_VBD ,_, and_CC it_PP3 was_BEDZ ,_, I_PP1A dare_VB say_VB R08 23 ,_, too_QL R08 24 much_AP to_TO hope_VB that_CS this_DT delicacy_NN would_MD persist_VB R08 24 into_IN adult_JJ life_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ R08 25 perhaps_RB evidence_NN of_IN their_PP$ unabatable_JJ vitality_NN R08 25 that_CS during_IN the_ATI two_CD R08 26 years_NNS I_PP1A knew_VBD them_PP3OS they_PP3AS produced_VBD ,_, and_CC R08 26 brooded_VBD upon_IN ,_, infertile_JJ eggs_NNS of_IN R08 27 very_QL large_JJ size_NN in_IN considerable_JJ numbers_NNS ,_, one_CD1 R08 27 of_IN which_WDTR the_ATI owner_NN R08 28 presented_VBD to_IN me_PP1O *'_*' for_IN my_PP$ breakfast_NN **'_**' R08 28 ._. R08 29 ^ now_RN either_DTX I_PP1A had_HVD to_TO live_VB with_IN them_PP3OS R08 29 ,_, a_AT nearly_RB impossible_JJ R08 30 proposition_NN ,_, since_CS every_AT time_NN I_PP1A put_VBD my_PP$ R08 30 head_NN over_IN the_ATI hedge_NN they_PP3AS R08 31 produced_VBD a_AT series_NN of_IN loud_JJ metallic_JJ cries_NNS ,_, R08 31 or_CC I_PP1A had_HVD to_TO get_VB rid_VBN of_IN them_PP3OS ._. R08 32 ^ actually_RB the_ATI latter_AP was_BEDZ my_PP$ only_AP course_NN R08 32 since_CS they_PP3AS had_HVD already_RB decided_VBN R08 33 either_DTX to_TO attack_VB or_CC hoot_VB at_IN all_ABN comers_NNS ._. ^ R08 33 their_PP$ technique_NN was_BEDZ to_TO rush_VB R08 34 at_IN you_PP2 ,_, and_CC they_PP3AS were_BED not_XNOT small_JJ R08 34 birds_NNS ,_, heads_NNS lowered_VBN and_CC outstretched_JJ ,_, R08 35 and_CC uttering_VBG their_PP$ offensive_JJ cries_NNS so_QL loudly_RB R08 35 that_CS they_PP3AS could_MD be_BE (_( and_CC R08 36 in_IN fact_NN they_PP3AS were_BED )_) heard_VBN a_AT mile_NN off_RP ._. R08 36 ^ if_CS you_PP2 stood_VBD your_PP$ ground_NN they_PP3AS R08 37 came_VBD to_IN a_AT stop_NN and_CC sidled_VBD off_RP in_IN another_DT R08 37 direction_NN ._. R08 38 ^ how_WRB could_MD I_PP1A dispose_VB of_IN them_PP3OS ?_? ^ I_PP1A R08 38 had_HVD to_TO do_DO it_PP3 without_IN offence_NN to_IN R08 39 their_PP$ owner_NN *-_*- who_WPR ,_, as_CS I_PP1A say_VB ,_, was_BEDZ R08 39 a_AT peaceable_JJ ,_, decent_JJ chap_NN *-_*- but_CC I_PP1A had_HVD R08 40 also_RB another_DT hurdle_NN to_TO jump_VB ._. ^ just_RB along_IN R08 40 the_ATI road_NN lived_VBD a_AT local_JJ animal_NN R08 41 lover_NN ,_, who_WPR had_HVD already_RB eyed_VBN me_PP1O R08 41 suspiciously_RB when_WRB I_PP1A had_HVD moved_VBN on_IN the_ATI R08 42 several_AP cats_NNS who_WPR ,_, in_IN various_JJ degrees_NNS of_IN R08 42 decrepitude_NN ,_, were_BED mothered_VBN by_IN R08 43 her_PP3O ._. ^ I_PP1A began_VBD my_PP$ campaign_NN by_IN the_ATI R08 43 usual_JJ shooing_NN process_NN ._. ^ this_DT merely_RB R08 44 amused_VBD the_ATI geese_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS appeared_VBD to_TO R08 44 look_VB elsewhere_RB ,_, indeed_RB ,_, until_CS I_PP1A R08 45 realized_VBD afresh_RB ,_, as_CS you_PP2 have_HV to_TO ,_, that_CS R08 45 all_ABN birds_NNS look_VB at_IN you_PP2 from_IN the_ATI R08 46 sides_NNS of_IN their_PP$ heads_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS might_MD sail_VB R08 46 a_AT couple_NN of_IN yards_NNS away_RP ,_, drawing_VBG R08 47 themselves_PPLS up_RP to_IN the_ATI highest_JJT points_NNS of_IN R08 47 their_PP$ dignity_NN ,_, but_CC they_PP3AS would_MD R08 48 immediately_RB and_CC in_IN unison_NN ,_, as_CS if_CS" from_IN a_AT R08 48 radio_NN signal_NN ,_, veer_VB around_RP and_CC R08 49 make_VB back_RP to_IN the_ATI place_NN from_IN which_WDTR their_PP$ R08 49 manoeuvre_NN had_HVD begun_VBN ._. ^ arm_NN R08 50 waving_NN produced_VBD no_ATI results_NNS except_CS to_TO incite_VB R08 50 them_PP3OS to_IN guttural_JJ grunts_NNS of_IN R08 51 derision_NN ._. R08 52 ^ I_PP1A must_MD admit_VB that_CS I_PP1A thought_VBD of_IN many_AP R08 52 desperate_JJ measures_NNS :_: of_IN going_VBG R08 53 out_RP at_IN night_NN with_IN an_AT airgun_NN ;_; of_IN throwing_VBG R08 53 poisoned_JJ bread_NN upon_IN the_ATI R08 54 waters_NNS (_( which_WDTR would_MD have_HV been_BEN useless_JJ since_CS R08 54 ,_, unlike_IN moorhens_NNS ,_, they_PP3AS did_DOD R08 55 not_XNOT take_VB to_IN bread_NN ,_, and_CC appeared_VBD to_TO R08 55 subsist_VB on_IN a_AT diet_NN of_IN grass_NN )_) ._. ^ my_PP$ R08 56 alarm_NN was_BEDZ increased_VBN by_IN my_PP$ reference_NN to_IN a_AT R08 56 book_NN on_IN pet_NN keeping_NN which_WDTR R08 57 confirmed_VBD my_PP$ worst_JJT fears_NNS about_IN Chinese_JNP geese_NNS R08 57 ._. ^ it_PP3 actually_RB warned_VBD pet_NN R08 58 keepers_NNS against_IN the_ATI wisdom_NN of_IN attempting_VBG to_TO R08 58 keep_VB both_ABX Chinese_JNP geese_NNS R08 59 and_CC friendly_JJ neighbours_NNS ._. ^ I_PP1A presented_VBD the_ATI R08 59 book_NN to_IN their_PP$ owner_NN but_CC if_CS R08 60 he_PP3A read_VBD that_DT passage_NN it_PP3 did_DOD not_XNOT affect_VB R08 60 his_PP$ behaviour_NN ._. R08 61 ^ in_IN fairness_NN to_IN myself_PPL I_PP1A must_MD add_VB that_CS R08 61 I_PP1A had_HVD no_ATI wish_NN to_TO hurt_VB the_ATI R08 62 geese_NNS ._. ^ it_PP3 had_HVD to_TO be_BE psychological_JJ warfare_NN R08 62 ,_, mental_JJ cruelty_NN ._. ^ in_IN the_ATI R08 63 end_NN I_PP1A decided_VBD that_CS a_AT process_NN of_IN steady_JJ R08 63 discouragement_NN was_BEDZ the_ATI only_AP R08 64 policy_NN ._. ^ whenever_WRB they_PP3AS appeared_VBD on_IN the_ATI R08 64 pond_NN ,_, and_CC I_PP1A was_BEDZ present_JJ ,_, I_PP1A R08 65 threw_VBD a_AT sprinkle_NN of_IN small_JJ grit_NN around_IN them_PP3OS R08 65 ._. ^ at_RB first_RB" they_PP3AS exhibited_VBD R08 66 no_ATI emotion_NN apart_IN from_IN" comical_JJ surprise_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A R08 66 persisted_VBD in_IN this_DT R08 67 sprinkling_NN campaign_NN for_IN nearly_RB a_AT whole_JJ winter_NN ,_, R08 67 not_XNOT without_IN success_NN ._. R08 68 ^ as_CS spring_NN approached_VBD they_PP3AS appeared_VBD less_RBR R08 68 and_CC less_RBR ,_, and_CC indeed_RB on_IN R08 69 seeing_VBG me_PP1O they_PP3AS would_MD ,_, without_IN undue_JJ haste_NN R08 69 ,_, turn_VB around_RP and_CC retreat_VB to_IN R08 70 whence_WRB they_PP3AS came_VBD ._. R08 71 ^ for_IN a_AT time_NN an_AT intermittent_JJ peace_NN reigned_VBD R08 71 on_IN the_ATI pond_NN ._. ^ if_CS other_AP R08 72 terrors_NNS arising_VBG from_IN the_ATI pond_NN population_NN came_VBD R08 72 and_CC went_VBD (_( as_IN ,_, for_IN R08 73 instance_NN ,_, the_ATI day_NN my_PP$ wife_NN saw_VBD a_AT large_JJ R08 73 rat_NN walk_VB slowly_RB across_IN our_PP$ R08 74 bridge_NN towards_IN the_ATI front_JJB door_NN ,_, or_CC the_ATI R08 74 sudden_JJ surprise_NN of_IN beady_JJ R08 75 shrew-eyes_NNS from_IN the_ATI pond's_NN$ grass_NN banks_NNS )_) ,_, R08 75 at_RB least_RB" we_PP1AS had_HVD seemingly_RB rid_VBN R08 76 ourselves_PPLS ,_, without_IN offending_VBG anyone_PN openly_RB ,_, R08 76 of_IN our_PP$ Chinese_JNP geese_NNS ._. R08 77 ^ between_IN whiles_NNS a_AT charming_JJ bevy_NN of_IN about_RB a_AT R08 77 dozen_CD white_JJ (_( and_CC more_QL or_CC R08 78 less_QL silent_JJ )_) geese_NNS occasionally_RB trooped_VBD down_IN R08 78 the_ATI village_NN street_NN ,_, R08 79 fluttered_VBD and_CC splashed_VBD in_IN the_ATI pond_NN for_IN a_AT R08 79 while_NN and_CC then_RN ,_, in_IN solemn_JJ R08 80 dignified_JJ file_NN ,_, returned_VBD to_IN their_PP$ drier_JJR R08 80 quarters_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS should_MD have_HV R08 81 been_BEN grateful_JJ to_IN me_PP1O ,_, for_CS when_WRB the_ATI R08 81 Chinese_JNP geese_NNS were_BED about_RP they_PP3AS had_HVD no_ATI R08 82 difficulty_NN in_IN hounding_VBG off_RP these_DTS peaceful_JJ R08 82 creatures_NNS ._. R08 83 ^ if_CS this_DT chapter_NN reads_VBZ like_IN a_AT successful_JJ R08 83 rout_NN ,_, I_PP1A am_BEM sorry_JJ to_TO have_HV R08 84 given_VBN you_PP2 the_ATI wrong_JJ impression_NN ._. ^ those_DTS R08 84 Chinese_JNP geese_NNS finally_RB fooled_VBD me_PP1O R08 85 and_CC everyone_PN else_RB ._. ^ in_IN May_NR ,_, in_IN our_PP$ R08 85 second_OD Pond_NPL Cottage_NPL summer_NN ,_, these_DTS R08 86 two_CD geese_NNS returned_VBD ,_, and_CC with_IN them_PP3OS ,_, R08 86 unaccountably_RB ,_, there_EX shuffled_VBD to_IN R08 87 the_ATI water's_NN$ edge_NN a_AT clutch_NN of_IN six_CD chicks_NNS ,_, R08 87 faintly_RB yet_CC assuredly_RB R08 88 resembling_VBG their_PP$ parents_NNS ._. ^ that_DT was_BEDZ one_CD1 R08 88 of_IN the_ATI turning_NN points_NNS of_IN my_PP$ R08 89 life_NN as_IN a_AT pond-dweller_NN ._. R08 90 ^ 17_CD ._. R08 91 ^ parish_NN pump_NN ._. R08 92 ^ rumour_NN had_HVD had_HVN it_PP3 for_IN some_DTI years_NNS past_RP R08 92 that_CS water_NN *-_*- a_AT parish_NN R08 93 supply_NN as_CS it_PP3 is_BEZ called_VBN *-_*- was_BEDZ on_IN its_PP$ R08 93 way_NN to_IN Wilborough_NP ._. ^ the_ATI supply_NN of_IN R08 94 water_NN to_IN remote_JJ villages_NNS and_CC hamlets_NNS is_BEZ one_CD1 R08 94 of_IN the_ATI beneficent_JJ R08 95 functions_NNS performed_VBN in_IN this_DT rather_RB deplorable_JJ R08 95 century_NN ._. ^ in_IN villages_NNS it_PP3 R08 96 marks_VBZ the_ATI end_NN of_IN water_NN as_IN a_AT precious_JJ R08 96 liquid_NN ,_, to_TO be_BE dispensed_VBN frugally_RB ,_, R08 97 weighed_VBN out_RP drop_NN by_IN drop_NN ._. R08 98 ^ living_VBG at_IN Pond_NPL Cottage_NPL I_PP1A had_HVD been_BEN R08 98 able_JJ to_TO appreciate_VB my_PP$ own_AP ample_JJ R08 99 supplies_NNS while_CS viewing_VBG the_ATI bucket-dipping_JJ R08 99 villagers_NNS from_IN my_PP$ window_NN ._. R08 100 ^ there_EX were_BED periods_NNS when_WRB I_PP1A was_BEDZ amazed_VBN R08 100 at_IN the_ATI rareness_NN of_IN their_PP$ visits_NNS R08 101 to_IN the_ATI spring_NN *-_*- yet_RB it_PP3 could_MD not_XNOT be_BE R08 101 denied_VBN that_CS the_ATI villagers_NNS were_BED R08 102 clean_JJ people_NNS ,_, even_RB shining_RB clean_JJ ._. ^ those_DTS R08 102 who_WPR had_HVD lived_VBN in_IN the_ATI heart_NN of_IN R08 103 the_ATI countryside_NN will_MD know_VB that_CS ,_, in_IN the_ATI R08 103 sense_NN of_IN grubbiness_NN ,_, as_IN opposed_IN" R08 104 to_IN" good_JJ ,_, clean_JJ dirt_NN ,_, it_PP3 is_BEZ not_XNOT easy_JJ R08 104 to_TO get_VB dirty_JJ ._. ^ when_WRB we_PP1AS first_RB lived_VBD R08 105 in_IN the_ATI country_NN my_PP$ wife_NN worried_VBD as_IN to_IN" R08 105 who_WP would_MD clean_VB our_PP$ windows_NNS ._. ^ we_PP1AS R08 106 searched_VBD around_RP for_IN a_AT window-cleaner_NN ,_, but_CC R08 106 she_PP3A need_MD not_XNOT have_HV worried_VBN ._. R08 107 ^ when_WRB we_PP1AS left_VBD that_DT cottage_NN two_CD years_NNS R08 107 later_RBR the_ATI windows_NNS ,_, though_CS never_RB R08 108 touched_VBN ,_, were_BED as_QL clean_JJ as_CS when_WRB we_PP1AS R08 108 came_VBD in_RP ._. R08 109 ^ if_CS the_ATI country_NN air_NN is_BEZ good_JJ for_IN R08 109 complexions_NNS and_CC windows_NNS it_PP3 must_MD R08 110 also_RB be_BE marvellously_RB disinfectant_JJ ._. ^ the_ATI amount_NN R08 110 of_IN waste_NN of_IN one_CD1 kind_NN R08 111 and_CC another_DT that_WPR has_HVZ to_TO be_BE destroyed_VBN or_CC R08 111 concealed_VBN in_IN any_DTI village_NN has_HVZ R08 112 to_TO be_BE thought_VBN about_IN to_TO be_BE believed_VBN ._. ^ in_IN R08 112 villages_NNS *-_*- of_IN the_ATI thatched_JJ R08 113 variety_NN *-_*- it_PP3 is_BEZ not_XNOT safe_JJ to_TO light_VB a_AT R08 113 bonfire_NN to_TO burn_VB rubbish_NN ._. ^ in_IN most_AP R08 114 cases_NNS it_PP3 is_BEZ consigned_VBN to_IN the_ATI kindly_JJ ,_, R08 114 effacing_JJ earth_NN ;_; in_IN others_APS R08 115 chickens_NNS and_CC birds_NNS are_BER the_ATI agents_NNS of_IN R08 115 disposal_NN ._. ^ where_WRB the_ATI material_NN is_BEZ R08 116 indestructible_JJ ,_, well_UH ,_, every_AT village_NN has_HVZ its_PP$ R08 116 dumping_NN ground_NN ,_, its_PP$ R08 117 ancient_JJ pits_NNS *-_*- and_CC now_RN and_CC again_RB ,_, as_CS R08 117 we_PP1AS know_VB ,_, there_EX is_BEZ luckily_RB a_AT pond_NN R08 118 or_CC stream_NN ._. R08 119 ^ one_CD1 day_NN the_ATI surveyors_NNS arrived_VBD ._. ^ they_PP3AS R08 119 paused_VBD long_RB outside_IN Pond_NPL R08 120 Cottage_NPL to_TO decide_VB the_ATI line_NN of_IN pipes_NNS ,_, and_CC R08 120 they_PP3AS eyed_VBD the_ATI pond_NN itself_PPL R08 121 with_IN glances_NNS made_VBN up_RP equally_RB of_IN anxiety_NN and_CC R08 121 animosity_NN ._. ^ this_DT was_BEDZ their_PP$ R08 122 lowest_JJT point_NN ,_, and_CC after_IN the_ATI spanning_NN of_IN R08 122 our_PP$ little_JJ valley_NN they_PP3AS could_MD R08 123 once_RB more_RBR rise_VB ._. ^ the_ATI village_NN was_BEDZ full_JJ R08 123 of_IN depressing_JJ rumours_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS R08 124 would_MD drain_VB the_ATI pond_NN ;_; they_PP3AS would_MD run_VB R08 124 pipes_NNS across_IN the_ATI arches_NNS of_IN the_ATI R08 125 little_JJ bridge_NN ;_; and_RB so_RB" on_RB" ._. ^ fortunately_RB R08 125 the_ATI plans_NNS of_IN the_ATI water_NN R08 126 engineers_NNS lay_VBD elsewhere_RB ._. ^ with_IN a_AT mechanical_JJ R08 126 digging_JJ monster_NN ,_, eating_VBG up_RP R08 127 earth_NN and_CC rocks_NNS with_IN equal_JJ ease_NN ,_, they_PP3AS R08 127 dug_VBD a_AT deep_JJ trench_NN on_IN the_ATI side_NN of_IN R08 128 the_ATI road_NN furthest_RBT from_IN the_ATI pond's_NN$ edge_NN ._. R08 129 ^ to_IN the_ATI barely_RB suppressed_JJ satisfaction_NN of_IN R08 129 most_AP of_IN us_PP1OS the_ATI R08 130 excavation_NN immediately_RB filled_VBD with_IN water_NN ,_, and_CC R08 130 thereafter_RB the_ATI scene_NN R08 131 became_VBD a_AT morass_NN :_: ditch_NN ,_, ruts_NNS ,_, mud_NN ,_, R08 131 grey-brown_JJ hillocks_NNS of_IN earth_NN ,_, large_JJ R08 132 stones_NNS ,_, untidy_JJ clods_NNS of_IN grass_NN ,_, with_IN a_AP R08 132 few_AP" pieces_NNS of_IN newspaper_NN and_CC some_DTI R08 133 old_JJ cement_NN bags_NNS thrown_VBN in_RP for_IN good_JJ measure_NN R08 133 ._. ^ it_PP3 remained_VBD thus_RB for_IN a_AT R08 134 whole_JJ summer_NN ._. R08 135 ^ an_AT attempted_JJ laying_NN of_IN pipes_NNS began_VBD ._. ^ a_AT R08 135 small_JJ pump_NN arrived_VBD and_CC R08 136 cleared_VBD the_ATI trench_NN of_IN water_NN long_RB enough_QLP for_IN R08 136 the_ATI pipes_NNS to_TO be_BE set_VBN in_IN R08 137 position_NN ._. ^ then_RN the_ATI water_NN once_RB more_RBR resumed_VBD R08 137 its_PP$ engulfing_JJ sway_NN ._. ^ so_CS R08 138 that_CS" the_ATI ditch_NN could_MD be_BE cleared_VBN sufficiently_RB R08 138 of_IN water_NN for_IN sealing_VBG the_ATI R08 139 joints_NNS ,_, a_AT more_QL delicate_JJ job_NN ,_, the_ATI little_JJ R08 139 petrol_NN pump_NN was_BEDZ again_RB conjured_VBN R08 140 to_TO work_VB valiantly_RB *-_*- but_CC it_PP3 proved_VBD unequal_JJ R08 140 to_IN its_PP$ task_NN ._. ^ the_ATI trench_NN R08 141 remained_VBD obstinately_RB full_JJ ;_; the_ATI water_NN seeped_VBD R08 141 in_RP as_QL fast_RB as_CS it_PP3 was_BEDZ R08 142 pumped_VBN away_RP ._. ^ for_IN some_DTI weeks_NNS the_ATI matter_NN R08 142 remained_VBD thus_RB ,_, while_CS the_ATI R08 143 supervisors_NNS ,_, who_WPR occasionally_RB arrived_VBD in_IN R08 143 shining_JJ saloon_NN cars_NNS ,_, R08 144 scratched_VBD their_PP$ heads_NNS over_IN the_ATI problem_NN ._. R08 145 ^ the_ATI impasse_NN was_BEDZ finally_RB broken_VBN one_CD1 rainy_JJ R08 145 Saturday_NR ._. ^ a_AT man-sized_JJ R08 146 pump_NN arrived_VBD borne_VBN upon_IN the_ATI platform_NN of_IN a_AT R08 146 lorry_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ this_DT pump_NN R08 147 which_WDTR was_BEDZ to_TO prove_VB the_ATI major_JJ enemy_NN ,_, and_CC R08 147 not_XNOT the_ATI water_NN ._. ^ anyone_PN who_WPR has_HVZ R08 148 ever_RB had_HVN to_TO deal_VB with_IN a_AT diesel_NN or_CC petrol_NN R08 148 engine_NN will_MD know_VB the_ATI R08 149 possibilities_NNS of_IN trouble_NN here_RN ._. ^ they_PP3AS are_BER R08 149 bad_JJ enough_QLP on_IN a_AT hot_JJ afternoon_NN R08 150 with_IN a_AT lawn-mower_NN ._. ^ these_DTS men_NNS went_VBD through_IN R08 150 all_ABN the_ATI known_JJ processes_NNS to_IN R08 151 the_ATI point_NN of_IN exhaustion_NN ._. ^ the_ATI engine_NN R08 151 started_VBD ,_, stopped_VBD ,_, started_VBD ,_, R08 152 stopped_VBD again_RB ,_, always_RB for_IN no_ATI apparent_JJ reason_NN R08 152 ._. ^ the_ATI four_CD men_NNS concerned_VBN R08 153 explored_VBD all_ABN possibilities_NNS and_CC experienced_VBD every_AT R08 153 feeling_NN from_IN hope_NN to_IN R08 154 despair_NN ._. ^ they_PP3AS cajoled_VBD ,_, wheedled_VBD ,_, R08 154 entreated_VBD ,_, tinkered_VBD ._. ^ eventually_RB R08 155 they_PP3AS knocked_VBD off_RP for_IN a_AT smoke_NN and_CC a_AT cup_NN R08 155 of_IN tea_NN ._. R08 156 ^ this_DT campaign_NN proceeded_VBD for_IN an_AT entire_JJB R08 156 morning_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A was_BEDZ amazed_VBN at_IN R08 157 the_ATI workmen's_NNS$ stolid_JJ patience_NN ._. ^ then_RN as_CS R08 157 we_PP1AS were_BED all_ABN giving_VBG up_RP in_IN R08 158 despair_NN ,_, for_CS I_PP1A shared_VBD their_PP$ experience_NN from_IN R08 158 my_PP$ window_NN ,_, the_ATI pump_NN R08 159 started_VBD and_CC continued_VBD genially_RB as_CS if_CS" it_PP3 too_RB R08 159 had_HVD had_HVN enough_DTI and_CC wanted_VBD R08 160 to_TO perform_VB its_PP$ task_NN and_CC get_VB home_NR for_IN the_ATI R08 160 day_NN ._. ^ once_CS going_VBG ,_, the_ATI job_NN was_BEDZ R08 161 tidied_VBN up_RP ,_, the_ATI trench_NN filled_VBN ,_, in_IN less_AP R08 161 than_IN an_AT hour_NN ;_; and_CC the_ATI landscape_NN R08 162 settled_VBD into_IN the_ATI condition_NN of_IN quiet_JJ waiting_NN R08 162 which_WDTR had_HVD been_BEN its_PP$ role_NN R08 163 through_IN the_ATI ages_NNS ._. ^ soon_RB the_ATI grass_NN would_MD R08 163 grow_VB again_RB over_IN the_ATI trench_NN and_CC R08 164 over_IN the_ATI piped_JJ water_NN of_IN the_ATI twentieth_OD century_NN R08 164 ._. R08 165 ^ about_RB a_AT month_NN later_RBR a_AT number_NN of_IN workmen_NNS R08 165 came_VBD through_IN the_ATI village_NN R08 166 and_CC ,_, with_IN the_ATI active_JJ co-operation_NN of_IN the_ATI R08 166 villagers_NNS ,_, made_VBD little_JJ R08 167 right-angled_JJ connections_NNS with_IN the_ATI main_JJB pipe_NN to_IN R08 167 each_DT front_JJB door_NN taking_VBG R08 168 the_ATI water_NN ._. ^ this_DT was_BEDZ a_AT job_NN soon_RB R08 168 dispatched_VBN although_CS fraught_JJ with_IN small_JJ R08 169 obstacles_NNS in_IN the_ATI way_NN of_IN trickles_NNS of_IN springs_NNS R08 169 beneath_IN the_ATI road_NN surface_NN ._. R08 170 ^ it_PP3 remained_VBD then_RN for_IN the_ATI villagers_NNS to_TO R08 170 take_VB the_ATI water_NN indoors_RN ._. ^ on_IN a_AT R08 171 fine_JJ spring_NN morning_NN came_VBD the_ATI news_NN by_IN post_NN R08 171 from_IN the_ATI rural_JJ district_NN R08 172 council_NN that_CS water_NN would_MD be_BE put_VBN into_IN pipes_NNS R08 172 on_IN a_AT particular_JJ date_NN ,_, and_CC R08 173 that_CS supplies_NNS could_MD then_RN be_BE delivered_VBN ._. ^ on_IN R08 173 that_DT day_NN a_AT villager_NN in_IN a_AT R08 174 cottage_NN turned_VBD a_AT tap_NN *-_*- and_CC the_ATI utility_NN of_IN R08 174 Wilborough_NP Pond_NPL was_BEDZ ,_, after_IN a_AT R08 175 thousand_CD years_NNS ,_, ended_VBN ._. ^ thereafter_RB it_PP3 R08 175 became_VBD a_AT piece_NN of_IN the_ATI landscape_NN ._. R08 176 ^ I_PP1A had_HVD a_AT sign_NN written_VBN ,_, taking_VBG the_ATI R08 176 first_OD Saxon_JNP mention_NN of_IN the_ATI R08 177 village_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A hung_VBD it_PP3 on_IN our_PP$ gate_NN :_: ^ R08 177 this_DT pond_NN ,_, for_IN a_AT thousand_CD years_NNS ,_, R08 178 provided_VBD water_NN to_IN the_ATI villagers_NNS of_IN this_DT R08 178 hamlet_NN \0A.D_RB 888-1957_CD-CD ._. R08 179 ^ 18_CD ._. R08 180 ^ chain_NN of_IN life_NN ._. R08 181 ^ steady_JJ effort_NN for_IN nearly_RB two_CD years_NNS ,_, R08 181 punctuated_VBN by_IN bursts_NNS of_IN R08 182 great_JJ energy_NN ,_, had_HVD been_BEN put_VBN to_IN the_ATI end_NN R08 182 of_IN making_VBG the_ATI pond_NN and_CC its_PP$ R08 183 cottage_NN a_AT piece_NN of_IN landscape_NN such_CS as_CS" you_PP2 R08 183 read_VB about_IN or_CC see_VB in_IN a_AT film_NN :_: R08 184 a_AT veritable_JJ picture_NN ._. R09 2 all_ABN new_JJ equipment_NN takes_VBZ a_AT bit_NN of_IN getting_VBG R09 2 used_JJ to_IN ._. ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ some_DTI R09 3 time_NN before_CS one's_CD1$ spoon_NN became_VBD a_AT weapon_NN of_IN R09 3 relative_JJ precision_NN and_CC the_ATI R09 4 pudding_NN finished_VBD up_RP in_IN one's_CD1$ mouth_NN instead_RB R09 4 of_IN in_IN one's_CD1$ right_JJ ear_NN or_CC on_IN R09 5 the_ATI wall_NN behind_IN one_CD1 ._. ^ gloves_NNS ,_, hairbrushes_NNS R09 5 ,_, lavatories_NNS *-_*- pretty_RB well_RB R09 6 all_ABN the_ATI accessories_NNS of_IN everyday_JJB life_NN *-_*- R09 6 were_BED unmanageable_JJ to_TO begin_VB R09 7 with_RI ;_; but_CC in_IN that_DT distant_JJ era_NN one_CD1 received_VBD R09 7 patient_JJ and_CC elaborate_JJ R09 8 coaching_NN in_IN their_PP$ use_NN ._. R09 9 ^ middle_JJB age_NN has_HVZ no_ATI mentors_NNS ;_; nobody_PN R09 9 says_VBZ ,_, *'_*' ^ no_UH ,_, not_XNOT like_IN that_DT ,_, R09 10 dear_NN ._. ^ like_IN this_DT ._. **'_**' ^ I_PP1A defy_VB anyone_PN R09 10 who_WPR puts_VBZ on_RP a_AT pair_NN of_IN R09 11 spectacles_NNS for_IN the_ATI first_OD time_NN not_XNOT to_TO feel_VB R09 11 that_CS he_PP3A has_HVZ done_VBN it_PP3 in_IN a_AT R09 12 slightly_RB ridiculous_JJ way_NN ._. ^ and_CC so_PN ,_, in_IN all_ABN R09 12 probability_NN ,_, he_PP3A has_HVZ ,_, as_CS ,_, R09 13 grasping_VBG the_ATI fragile_JJ contraption_NN in_IN both_ABX hands_NNS R09 13 ,_, he_PP3A fastens_VBZ it_PP3 R09 14 uncertainly_RB on_IN his_PP$ face_NN like_IN a_AT man_NN putting_VBG R09 14 on_RP a_AT false_JJ beard_NN at_IN some_DTI R09 15 ghastly_JJ rout_NN ._. ^ not_XNOT since_CS *-_*- in_IN something_PN R09 15 of_IN the_ATI same_AP surreptitious_JJ ,_, R09 16 apprehensive_JJ manner_NN *-_*- he_PP3A smoked_VBD his_PP$ first_OD R09 16 cigarette_NN has_HVZ he_PP3A been_BEN so_QL R09 17 unexpectedly_RB reminded_VBN that_CS there_EX is_BEZ a_AT right_JJ R09 17 way_NN and_CC a_AT wrong_JJ way_NN of_IN R09 18 doing_VBG things_NNS ._. R09 20 ^ once_CS having_HVG lodged_VBN upon_IN his_PP$ nose_NN what_WDT R09 20 he_PP3A used_VBD scornfully_RB to_TO call_VB R09 21 gig-lamps_NNS ,_, he_PP3A makes_VBZ a_AT long_JJ ,_, searching_JJ R09 21 scrutiny_NN of_IN his_PP$ reflection_NN in_IN R09 22 the_ATI mirror_NN ._. ^ there_EX can_MD be_BE no_ATI doubt_NN that_CS R09 22 he_PP3A looks_VBZ extremely_RB odd_JJ ._. ^ life_NN R09 23 has_HVZ played_VBN a_AT practical_JJ joke_NN on_IN him_PP3O ,_, but_CC R09 23 it_PP3 is_BEZ an_AT obscure_JJ rather_RB than_IN R09 24 an_AT unkind_JJ practical_JJ joke_NN ._. ^ although_CS he_PP3A still_RB R09 24 regards_VBZ spectacles_NNS as_CS R09 25 per_RB se_RB" faintly_RB ridiculous_JJ (_( why_WRB else_RB do_DO R09 25 we_PP1AS say_VB bespectacled_JJ *-_*- R09 26 \0cf_VB begrimed_JJ ,_, bedizened_JJ and_CC besotted_JJ *-_*- and_CC R09 26 not_XNOT betrousered_JJ or_CC even_RB R09 27 bebearded_JJ ?_? )_) ,_, he_PP3A persuades_VBZ himself_PPL that_CS R09 27 he_PP3A looks_VBZ no_RB sillier_JJR than_CS R09 28 he_PP3A looked_VBD before_RI ._. ^ rather_RB ,_, indeed_RB ,_, the_ATI R09 28 reverse_NN ._. ^ a_AT certain_JJ gravitas_&FW R09 29 has_HVZ been_BEN added_VBN ._. ^ he_PP3A finds_VBZ himself_PPL for_IN R09 29 the_ATI first_OD time_NN wondering_VBG R09 30 whether_CS he_PP3A might_MD not_XNOT have_HV had_HVN a_AT R09 30 considerable_JJ future_NN as_IN a_AT dentist_NN ,_, or_CC R09 31 in_IN the_ATI Treasury_NP ._. R09 32 ^ but_CC he_PP3A has_HVZ still_RB to_TO present_VB this_DT new_JJ R09 32 persona_NN to_IN the_ATI world_NN ,_, R09 33 and_CC face_VB the_ATI world's_NN$ reactions_NNS ._. ^ way_RB back_RP R09 33 ,_, when_WRB similar_JJ ordeals_NNS were_BED R09 34 undergone_VBN ,_, no_ATI pains_NNS were_BED spared_VBN to_TO allay_VB R09 34 his_PP$ misgivings_NNS and_CC boost_VB his_PP$ R09 35 morale_NN ._. ^ *'_*' but_CC ,_, darling_NN ,_, you_PP2 look_VB so_QL R09 35 nice_JJ in_IN it_PP3 !_! ^ does_DOZ n't_XNOT he_PP3A ,_, Nanny_NPT ?_? R09 36 ^ it_PP3 's_BEZ awfully_QL becoming_JJ ._. ^ all_ABN the_ATI other_AP R09 36 little_JJ boys_NNS at_IN the_ATI party_NN R09 37 will_MD be_BE wearing_VBG *-_*- well_UH ,_, the_ATI same_AP sort_NN R09 37 of_IN thing_NN only_CC I_PP1A expect_VB not_XNOT so_QL R09 38 nice_JJ ._. ^ I_PP1A promise_VB you_PP2 they_PP3AS will_MD ._. **'_**' ^ R09 38 none_PN of_IN this_DT nonsense_NN now_RN ._. R09 39 ^ he_PP3A knows_VBZ what_WDT he_PP3A will_MD get_VB from_IN his_PP$ R09 39 children_NNS ._. ^ the_ATI spectacles_NNS R09 40 confer_VB ,_, in_IN his_PP$ view_NN ,_, a_AT patriarchal_JJ air_NN ;_; R09 40 they_PP3AS delicately_RB underline_VB the_ATI R09 41 eventual_JJ need_NN for_IN petits_&FW soins_&FW ;_; he_PP3A can_MD R09 41 almost_RB feel_VB the_ATI rug_NN R09 42 round_IN his_PP$ knees_NNS ,_, smell_VB the_ATI aroma_NN of_IN the_ATI R09 42 cocoa_NN simmering_VBG on_IN the_ATI hob_NN ._. R09 43 ^ (_( the_ATI blacksmith_NN should_MD be_BE able_JJ to_TO knock_VB R09 43 up_RP a_AT hob_NN ._. )_) ^ but_CC he_PP3A knows_VBZ what_WDT R09 44 he_PP3A will_MD get_VB from_IN his_PP$ children_NNS ,_, and_CC he_PP3A R09 44 gets_VBZ it_PP3 ._. R09 45 ^ *'_*' daddy_NN !_! **'_**' they_PP3AS scream_VB ,_, convulsed_VBN R09 45 with_IN laughter_NN ._. ^ *'_*' what_WDT are_BER R09 46 you_PP2 up_RP to_IN ?_? ^ why_WRB are_BER you_PP2 wearing_VBG R09 46 spectacles_NNS ?_? ^ you_PP2 do_DO look_VB R09 47 funny_JJ !_! **'_**' R09 48 ^ a_AT rat_NN caught_VBN in_IN a_AT gin-trap_NN by_IN one_CD1 leg_NN R09 48 will_MD often_RB gnaw_VB the_ATI leg_NN R09 49 off_RP ._. ^ to_TO disembarrass_VB your_PP$ face_NN of_IN R09 49 spectacles_NNS involves_VBZ a_AT simpler_JJR ,_, far_RB R09 50 less_QL drastic_JJ process_NN ;_; but_CC if_CS you_PP2 have_HV never_RB R09 50 done_VBN it_PP3 before_RI it_PP3 is_BEZ R09 51 difficult_JJ to_TO do_DO it_PP3 as_CS though_CS" to_IN the_ATI R09 51 manner_NN born_VBN ._. ^ you_PP2 can_MD not_XNOT lay_VB your_PP$ R09 52 ears_NNS back_RP ;_; you_PP2 do_DO not_XNOT show_VB the_ATI whites_NNS R09 52 of_IN your_PP$ obsolescent_JJ eyes_NNS ._. ^ but_CC R09 53 your_PP$ face_NN ,_, emerging_VBG from_IN between_IN the_ATI shafts_NNS R09 53 ,_, inevitably_RB reflects_VBZ the_ATI R09 54 part-rebellious_JJ ,_, part-apprehensive_JJ ,_, part-apologetic_JJ R09 54 expression_NN of_IN an_AT R09 55 old_JJ saddle-horse_NN which_WDTR has_HVZ not_XNOT previously_RB R09 55 worn_VBN harness_NN ._. ^ once_CS you_PP2 have_HV R09 56 expunged_VBN from_IN their_PP$ minds_NNS the_ATI idea_NN that_CS R09 56 you_PP2 are_BER dressing_VBG up_RP in_TO order_TO" R09 57 to_TO" amuse_VB them_PP3OS ,_, your_PP$ new_JJ gimmick_NN can_MD be_BE R09 57 explained_VBN to_IN your_PP$ children_NNS ;_; but_CC R09 58 it_PP3 can_MD not_XNOT be_BE airily_RB explained_VBN ,_, any_RB R09 58 more_RBR than_CS it_PP3 can_MD to_IN your_PP$ R09 59 over-facetious_JJ or_CC over-solicitous_JJ contemporaries_NNS ._. R09 60 ^ I_PP1A had_HVD hardly_RB obtained_VBN a_AT pair_NN of_IN R09 60 spectacles_NNS when_WRB I_PP1A ceased_VBD to_TO need_VB R09 61 them_PP3OS ,_, my_PP$ eyes_NNS suddenly_RB getting_VBG a_AT second_OD R09 61 wind_NN ._. ^ this_DT reprieve_NN (_( which_WDTR R09 62 for_IN all_ABN I_PP1A know_VB is_BEZ a_AT common_JJ occurrence_NN )_) R09 62 began_VBD soon_RB after_CS one_CD1 of_IN my_PP$ R09 63 aunts_NNS recommended_VBD yeast_NN to_IN me_PP1O as_IN a_AT cure_NN R09 63 for_IN failing_JJ memory_NN ._. ^ my_PP$ memory_NN R09 64 is_BEZ appalling_JJ ._. ^ I_PP1A shovelled_VBD down_RP the_ATI R09 64 unexpired_JJ portion_NN of_IN my_PP$ aunt's_NN$ R09 65 yeast-ration_NN *-_*- this_DT was_BEDZ at_IN the_ATI breakfast-table_NN R09 65 *-_*- and_CC continued_VBD for_IN a_AT R09 66 time_NN to_TO eat_VB the_ATI stuff_NN ._. ^ post_&FW ,_, I_PP1A R09 66 suspect_VB ,_, rather_RB than_CS R09 67 propter_&FW hoc_&FW I_PP1A threw_VBD away_RP my_PP$ reading_NN R09 67 glasses_NNS ;_; my_PP$ memory_NN R09 68 continued_VBD to_TO deteriorate_VB ._. R09 69 ^ two_CD or_CC three_CD years_NNS later_RBR a_AT minor_JJ R09 69 military_JJ campaign_NN in_IN Arabia_NP R09 70 strengthened_VBD the_ATI delusion_NN that_CS for_IN me_PP1O R09 70 spectacles_NNS were_BED a_AT thing_NN of_IN the_ATI R09 71 past_NN ._. ^ so_QL refulgent_JJ was_BEDZ the_ATI sun_NN ,_, and_CC R09 71 so_QL few_AP the_ATI place-names_NNS on_IN our_PP$ R09 72 unreliable_JJ maps_NNS ,_, that_CS I_PP1A snapped_VBD my_PP$ R09 72 fingers_NNS at_IN Salisbury_NP Plain_NPL and_CC the_ATI R09 73 deep_JJ misgivings_NNS aroused_VBN upon_IN it_PP3 ._. R09 74 ^ but_CC now_RN *-_*- grateful_JJ for_IN a_AT reprieve_NN none_RB R09 74 the_ATI worse_JJR for_IN a_AT dummy_NN R09 75 run_NN *-_*- I_PP1A am_BEM once_RB more_RBR ,_, when_WRB I_PP1A read_VB R09 75 ,_, bespectacled_JJ ._. R09 76 ^ the_ATI man_NN we_PP1AS killed_VBD ._. R09 77 ^ one_CD1 of_IN us_PP1OS is_BEZ a_AT cabinet_NN Minister_NPT ._. ^ R09 77 one_CD1 of_IN us_PP1OS died_VBD of_IN drink_NN last_AP R09 78 month_NN ._. ^ one_CD1 of_IN us_PP1OS is_BEZ an_AT earl_NN ._. ^ R09 78 one_CD1 committed_VBD suicide_NN many_AP years_NNS ago_RB ._. R09 79 ^ one_CD1 ,_, I_PP1A think_VB ,_, is_BEZ an_AT expert_NN on_IN R09 79 Russia_NP ._. ^ one_CD1 is_BEZ an_AT admiral_NN ._. ^ some_DTI I_PP1A R09 80 have_HV forgotten_VBN altogether_RB ._. ^ several_AP others_APS must_MD R09 80 be_BE dead_JJ ._. R09 81 ^ the_ATI man_NN we_PP1AS killed_VBD was_BEDZ called_VBN \0Mr_NPT R09 81 Jackson_NP ._. ^ he_PP3A was_BEDZ a_AT master_NN at_IN R09 82 our_PP$ private_JJ school_NN towards_IN the_ATI end_NN of_IN the_ATI R09 82 first_OD war_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A do_DO not_XNOT R09 83 remember_VB him_PP3O as_QL clearly_RB as_CS I_PP1A should_MD ;_; R09 83 one_CD1 reason_NN for_IN this_DT is_BEZ that_CS he_PP3A R09 84 did_DOD not_XNOT last_VB long_RB ._. R09 85 ^ I_PP1A suppose_VB he_PP3A was_BEDZ about_RB twenty-five_CD ._. ^ R09 85 he_PP3A had_HVD reddish_JJ hair_NN which_WDTR R09 86 stood_VBD up_RP over_IN his_PP$ forehead_NN in_IN a_AT quiff_NN ._. ^ R09 86 he_PP3A wore_VBD spectacles_NNS with_IN metal_NN R09 87 rims_NNS and_CC a_AT blazer_NN with_IN a_AT crest_NN on_IN the_ATI R09 87 breast_NN pocket_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A was_BEDZ very_QL R09 88 short-sighted_JJ and_CC we_PP1AS believed_VBD him_PP3O to_TO make_VB R09 88 matters_NNS worse_JJR by_IN not_XNOT R09 89 cleaning_VBG his_PP$ spectacles_NNS ._. ^ he_PP3A had_HVD a_AT R09 89 plaintive_JJ ,_, rather_RB common_JJ voice_NN and_CC R09 90 a_AT lolloping_JJ gait_NN ._. ^ he_PP3A took_VBD the_ATI sixth_OD R09 90 form_NN in_IN (_( I_PP1A think_VB )_) Greek_NNP ;_; I_PP1A am_BEM R09 91 ashamed_JJ that_CS I_PP1A can_MD not_XNOT remember_VB his_PP$ R09 91 subject_NN with_IN certainty_NN ._. R09 92 ^ \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP was_BEDZ ,_, I_PP1A suppose_VB ,_, fairly_RB R09 92 typical_JJ of_IN the_ATI sort_NN of_IN R09 93 material_NN with_IN which_WDTR headmasters_NNS have_HV to_TO make_VB R09 93 up_RP their_PP$ staffs_NNS in_IN the_ATI R09 94 closing_JJ stages_NNS of_IN a_AT major_JJ war_NN ._. ^ all_ABN I_PP1A R09 94 can_MD recall_VB about_IN his_PP$ previous_JJ R09 95 career_NN is_BEZ that_CS it_PP3 had_HVD taken_VBN him_PP3O to_IN R09 95 Singapore_NP ,_, where_WRB ,_, he_PP3A told_VBD us_PP1OS ,_, the_ATI R09 96 natives_NNS played_VBD football_NN with_IN bare_JJ feet_NNS ._. ^ R09 96 he_PP3A had_HVD served_VBN as_IN a_AT special_JJ R09 97 constable_NN during_IN disturbances_NNS in_IN the_ATI city_NN ,_, R09 97 and_CC was_BEDZ easily_RB encouraged_VBN R09 98 to_TO relate_VB his_PP$ memories_NNS of_IN those_DTS stirring_JJ R09 98 times_NNS ._. ^ they_PP3AS were_BED not_XNOT R09 99 sensational_JJ ;_; once_RB \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP had_HVD been_BEN on_IN R09 99 duty_NN all_ABN night_NN and_CC it_PP3 had_HVD R09 100 rained_VBN without_IN stopping_VBG ._. R09 101 ^ it_PP3 would_MD be_BE interesting_JJ to_TO know_VB how_WRB many_AP R09 101 hours_NNS or_CC days_NNS or_CC weeks_NNS R09 102 in_IN the_ATI school_NN year_NN are_BER lost_VBN to_IN learning_VBG R09 102 by_IN boys_NNS inducing_VBG masters_NNS to_TO R09 103 embark_VB on_IN martial_JJ or_CC other_AP reminiscences_NNS ._. ^ in_IN R09 103 my_PP$ time_NN at_IN Eton_NP there_EX R09 104 was_BEDZ a_AT French_NNP master_NN *-_*- and_CC he_PP3A really_RB R09 104 looked_VBD like_IN a_AT French_NNP master_NN *-_*- R09 105 called_VBD \0M_NPT Larsonnier_NP ,_, who_WPR had_HVD served_VBN with_IN R09 105 the_ATI French_JNP contingent_NN R09 106 which_WDTR helped_VBD to_TO sack_VB Peking_NP after_IN the_ATI Boxer_NP R09 106 rebellion_NN ._. ^ if_CS you_PP2 could_MD R09 107 only_RB get_VB him_PP3O started_VBN ,_, he_PP3A had_HVD a_AT R09 107 splendid_JJ set-piece_NN ._. ^ *'_*' who_WP was_BEDZ ze_ATI R09 108 first_OD into_IN ze_ATI forbidden_JJ City_NPL ?_? ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ R09 108 I_PP1A !_! ^ who_WP was_BEDZ ze_ATI first_OD into_IN R09 109 ze_ATI winter_NN Palace_NPL ?_? ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ I_PP1A !_! ^ who_WP R09 109 was_BEDZ ze_ATI first_OD into_IN ze_ATI Empress_NPT R09 110 Dowager's_NPT$ bedroom_NN ?_? ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ I_PP1A !_! **'_**' ^ R09 110 *'_*' and_CC who_WP **'_**' (_( we_PP1AS would_MD wittily_RB chime_VB R09 111 in_RP )_) *'_*' was_BEDZ ze_ATI first_OD into_IN ze_ATI Empress_NPT R09 111 Dowager's_NPT$ bed_NN ?_? **'_**' ^ I_PP1A R09 112 imagine_VB that_CS less_AP time_NN is_BEZ wasted_VBN in_IN this_DT R09 112 way_NN at_IN girls'_NNS$ schools_NNS ._. R09 113 ^ \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP never_RB had_HVD a_AT chance_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 R09 113 was_BEDZ not_XNOT merely_RB that_CS he_PP3A had_HVD R09 114 no_ATI authority_NN and_CC was_BEDZ easily_RB gulled_VBN ;_; R09 114 school-masters_NNS of_IN this_DT more_QL or_CC R09 115 less_QL helpless_JJ kind_NN generally_RB arouse_VB in_IN their_PP$ R09 115 tormentors_NNS a_AT sort_NN of_IN R09 116 mercy_NN or_CC tolerance_NN ,_, based_VBN perhaps_RB on_IN the_ATI R09 116 feeling_NN that_CS if_CS they_PP3AS are_BER R09 117 handled_VBN too_QL barbarously_RB they_PP3AS will_MD be_BE replaced_VBN R09 117 by_IN some_DTI sterner_JJR fellow_NN R09 118 and_CC there_EX will_MD be_BE no_ATI more_AP cakes_NNS and_CC ale_NN R09 118 ._. R09 119 ^ but_CC for_IN some_DTI reason_NN we_PP1AS actively_RB disliked_VBD R09 119 \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP ,_, who_WPR had_HVD a_AT R09 120 cocksure_JJ manner_NN and_CC a_AT grating_JJ personality_NN ,_, and_CC R09 120 we_PP1AS gave_VBD him_PP3O the_ATI full_JJ R09 121 treatment_NN ._. ^ our_PP$ school_NN was_BEDZ near_IN the_ATI coast_NN R09 121 ,_, and_CC soon_RB after_CS he_PP3A arrived_VBD ,_, R09 122 \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP ,_, jaded_VBN no_ATI doubt_NN by_IN the_ATI R09 122 enervating_JJ climate_NN of_IN the_ATI R09 123 tropics_NNS ,_, was_BEDZ heard_VBN to_TO speak_VB in_IN appreciative_JJ R09 123 terms_NNS of_IN the_ATI sea-breezes_NNS R09 124 which_WDTR stole_VBD into_IN his_PP$ bedroom_NN ._. ^ we_PP1AS took_VBD R09 124 the_ATI first_OD opportunity_NN of_IN R09 125 wedging_VBG a_AT bloater_NN under_IN the_ATI springs_NNS of_IN his_PP$ R09 125 mattress_NN ._. R09 126 ^ *'_*' good_JJ morning_NN ,_, sir_NN ._. ^ lovely_JJ fresh_JJ R09 126 breeze_NN this_DT morning_NN ,_, is_BEZ n't_XNOT R09 127 there_EX ?_? ^ you_PP2 'd_MD never_RB think_VB we_PP1AS were_BED a_AT R09 127 mile_NN from_IN the_ATI sea_NN ,_, would_MD you_PP2 ,_, R09 128 sir_NN ?_? **'_**' R09 129 ^ \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP would_MD concur_VB in_IN a_AT baffled_JJ R09 129 way_NN ._. R09 130 ^ at_RB length_RB" masters_NNS with_IN adjacent_JJ bedrooms_NNS R09 130 were_BED impelled_VBN to_TO R09 131 investigate_VB ,_, and_CC the_ATI putrescent_JJ bloater_NN was_BEDZ R09 131 removed_VBN ._. R09 132 ^ *'_*' good_JJ morning_NN ,_, sir_NN ._. ^ did_DOD you_PP2 see_VB R09 132 that_DT perfectly_RB beastly_JJ case_NN in_IN R09 133 the_ATI paper_NN ,_, sir_NN ?_? ^ no_UH ,_, sir_NN ,_, not_XNOT that_DT R09 133 one_CD1 ;_; after_IN all_ABN ,_, there_EX 's_BEZ nothing_PN R09 134 specially_RB unpatriotic_JJ about_IN murder_NN ._. ^ we_PP1AS meant_VBD R09 134 the_ATI case_NN where_WRB the_ATI R09 135 man_NN was_BEDZ fined_VBN for_IN hoarding_VBG food_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A R09 135 do_DO think_VB that_DT sort_NN of_IN thing_NN is_BEZ R09 136 absolutely_RB rotten_JJ when_WRB there_EX 's_BEZ a_AT war_NN on_RP ,_, R09 136 do_DO n't_XNOT you_PP2 ,_, sir_NN ?_? R09 137 ^ apparently_RB he_PP3A used_VBD to_TO hide_VB it_PP3 in_IN his_PP$ R09 137 bedroom_NN ..._... ._. **'_**' R09 138 ^ and_RB so_RB" on_RB" ._. ^ our_PP$ worst_JJT excesses_NNS are_BER R09 138 lost_VBN in_IN oblivion_NN ,_, but_CC my_PP$ R09 139 recollection_NN is_BEZ that_CS we_PP1AS kept_VBD up_RP a_AT R09 139 relentless_JJ pressure_NN and_CC that_CS \0Mr_NPT R09 140 Jackson_NP ceased_VBD to_TO be_BE cocksure_JJ and_CC became_VBD R09 140 jumpy_JJ ,_, irritable_JJ and_CC R09 141 maladjusted_JJ ._. R09 143 ^ in_IN the_ATI only_AP incident_NN I_PP1A remember_VB clearly_RB R09 143 ,_, indeed_RB vividly_RB ,_, I_PP1A played_VBD R09 144 the_ATI leading_JJ part_NN ._. ^ \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP was_BEDZ the_ATI R09 144 sort_NN of_IN master_NN who_WPR impels_VBZ R09 145 boys_NNS ,_, once_CS they_PP3AS have_HV established_VBN an_AT R09 145 ascendancy_NN over_IN him_PP3O ,_, to_TO see_VB how_WRB R09 146 much_RB further_RBR they_PP3AS can_MD go_VB ,_, and_CC one_CD1 day_NN R09 146 I_PP1A decided_VBD to_TO take_VB a_AT grass-snake_NN R09 147 into_IN his_PP$ class_NN ._. R09 148 ^ we_PP1AS wore_VBD ,_, in_IN the_ATI summer_NN ,_, grey_JJ R09 148 sweaters_NNS and_CC grey_JJ flannel_NN shorts_NNS ._. ^ I_PP1A R09 149 put_VBD the_ATI grass-snake_NN ,_, which_WDTR was_BEDZ about_RB R09 149 three_CD feet_NNS long_JJ but_CC used_JJ to_IN being_BEG R09 150 handled_VBN ,_, in_IN my_PP$ pocket_NN and_CC kept_VBD my_PP$ hand_NN R09 150 over_IN it_PP3 as_IN a_AT precaution_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 R09 151 had_HVD had_HVN a_AT feed_NN a_AP few_AP" days_NNS before_RI and_CC R09 151 at_RB first_RB" observed_VBD a_AT perfect_JJ R09 152 decorum_NN ._. R09 153 ^ after_IN a_AT bit_NN I_PP1A became_VBD over-confident_JJ and_CC R09 153 relaxed_VBD my_PP$ vigilance_NN ._. R09 154 ^ the_ATI snake_NN got_VBD its_PP$ head_NN up_IN my_PP$ sleeve_NN R09 154 and_CC began_VBD to_TO climb_VB up_IN my_PP$ arm_NN ._. R09 155 ^ readers_NNS who_WPR have_HV been_BEN in_IN this_DT particular_JJ R09 155 situation_NN will_MD know_VB that_DT ,_, R09 156 once_CS a_AT serpent_NN has_HVZ started_VBN climbing_VBG up_IN your_PP$ R09 156 arm_NN under_IN your_PP$ sleeve_NN ,_, it_PP3 R09 157 matters_VBZ little_RB how_WRB much_AP of_IN the_ATI serpent_NN is_BEZ R09 157 left_VBN in_IN your_PP$ pocket_NN ;_; you_PP2 R09 158 can_MD not_XNOT get_VB it_PP3 back_RP into_IN the_ATI pocket_NN by_IN R09 158 using_VBG the_ATI arm_NN it_PP3 is_BEZ climbing_VBG up_IN ,_, R09 159 and_CC you_PP2 can_MD not_XNOT bring_VB your_PP$ other_AP hand_NN R09 159 into_IN play_NN against_IN it_PP3 without_IN R09 160 taking_VBG your_PP$ sweater_NN off_RP ,_, which_WDTR *-_*- leaving_VBG R09 160 snakes_NNS and_CC schoolmasters_NNS out_RP R09 161 of_IN it_PP3 *-_*- I_PP1A defy_VB anyone_PN to_TO do_DO with_IN one_CD1 R09 161 hand_NN in_IN his_PP$ pocket_NN ._. R09 162 ^ being_BEG at_IN the_ATI top_NN of_IN the_ATI class_NN ,_, I_PP1A R09 162 sat_VBD directly_RB underneath_IN \0Mr_NPT R09 163 Jackson's_NP$ beaky_JJ nose_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A was_BEDZ in_IN a_AT R09 163 quandary_NN ._. ^ seventyfive_CD per_NNU \0cent_NNU" of_IN R09 164 the_ATI snake_NN had_HVD not_XNOT yet_RB passed_VBN the_ATI R09 164 start-line_NN and_CC was_BEDZ still_RB in_IN my_PP$ R09 165 pocket_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A decided_VBD to_TO try_VB to_TO stabilise_VB R09 165 this_DT situation_NN and_CC gripped_VBD it_PP3 R09 166 convulsively_RB round_IN what_WDT ,_, if_CS it_PP3 had_HVD been_BEN R09 166 me_PP1O ,_, would_MD have_HV corresponded_VBN to_IN R09 167 its_PP$ chest_NN ._. R09 168 ^ the_ATI snake_NN can_MD not_XNOT be_BE blamed_VBN for_IN R09 168 failing_VBG to_TO understand_VB my_PP$ motives_NNS ._. R09 169 ^ it_PP3 felt_VBD thwarted_VBN ,_, and_CC began_VBD to_TO hiss_VB ._. ^ R09 169 human_JJ beings_NNS ,_, when_WRB they_PP3AS hiss_VB ,_, R09 170 hiss_VB outwards_RB ;_; a_AT grass-snake_NN makes_VBZ a_AT sound_NN R09 170 exactly_RB like_IN a_AT human_JJ being_NN R09 171 drawing_VBG his_PP$ breath_NN sharply_RB inwards_RB while_CS R09 171 stitches_NNS are_BER being_BEG taken_VBN out_RP R09 172 of_IN a_AT wound_NN ._. R09 173 ^ *'_*' Strix_NP ,_, **'_**' asked_VBD \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP ,_, R09 173 peering_VBG down_RP at_IN me_PP1O ,_, *'_*' are_BER you_PP2 in_IN R09 174 pain_NN ?_? **'_**' R09 175 ^ *'_*' no_UH ,_, sir_NN ,_, **'_**' I_PP1A said_VBD ._. ^ I_PP1A R09 175 thought_VBD it_PP3 prudent_JJ to_TO let_VB go_VB of_IN the_ATI R09 176 snake_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 stopped_VBD hissing_VBG but_CC went_VBD on_RP R09 176 climbing_VBG ._. R09 177 ^ my_PP$ urgent_JJ duty_NN now_RN was_BEDZ to_TO prevent_VB it_PP3 R09 177 doing_VBG what_WDT ,_, if_CS left_VBN to_IN R09 178 itself_PPL ,_, it_PP3 would_MD do_DO ,_, which_WDTR was_BEDZ to_TO R09 178 make_VB a_AT bid_NN for_IN freedom_NN by_IN wriggling_VBG R09 179 out_RP through_IN the_ATI collar_NN of_IN my_PP$ sweater_NN ._. ^ by_IN R09 179 this_DT time_NN ,_, the_ATI snake's_NN$ rear_JJB R09 180 echelon_NN having_HVG left_VBN my_PP$ pocket_NN ,_, I_PP1A had_HVD R09 180 both_ABX hands_NNS free_JJ and_CC was_BEDZ easily_RB R09 181 able_JJ ,_, by_IN clasping_VBG them_PP3OS to_IN my_PP$ throat_NN in_IN R09 181 a_AT rather_RB precious_JJ manner_NN ,_, to_TO R09 182 deny_VB it_PP3 egress_NN ._. ^ the_ATI snake_NN turned_VBD south_NR ,_, R09 182 towards_IN my_PP$ midriff_NN ._. R09 183 ^ it_PP3 now_RN had_HVD room_NN to_TO manoeuvre_VB and_CC was_BEDZ R09 183 moving_VBG well_RB ;_; there_EX was_BEDZ R09 184 nothing_PN to_TO do_DO but_CC to_TO grab_VB it_PP3 before_CS it_PP3 R09 184 escaped_VBD from_IN my_PP$ sweater_NN ._. ^ I_PP1A R09 185 clasped_VBD one_CD1 hand_NN to_IN my_PP$ stomach_NN and_CC got_VBD R09 185 it_PP3 round_IN the_ATI neck_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 started_VBD R09 186 hissing_VBG again_RB ._. R09 187 ^ *'_*' what_WDT is_BEZ the_ATI matter_NN ?_? **'_**' asked_VBD R09 187 \0Mr_NPT Jackson_NP irritably_RB ._. ^ *'_*' is_BEZ R09 188 something_PN hurting_VBG you_PP2 ?_? **'_**' ^ my_PP$ bosom_NN was_BEDZ R09 188 heaving_VBG convulsively_RB ,_, on_IN R09 189 account_NN of_IN the_ATI snake_NN ._.