‘They come as a boon to men, matrons, and misses,

Like Herod, Marpessa, ping-pong, and Ulysses.’


SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN writes: ‘I have two sets, one in Campbell’s tabernacle and one in Bannerman’s.’


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