I leaned forward and tenderly deposited him in the Fourpenny Bin.
The Visitor. "BY JOVE, PERSEUS, I NEVER KNEW YOU WENT IN FOR SCULPTURE. GOOD STUFF, TOO, BUT A TRIFLE REALISTIC."
Perseus. "OH, JUST A HOBBY. BUT, BETWEEN OURSELVES, IT'S THE MEDUSA'S HEAD THAT DOES IT. TURNS PEOPLE INTO STONE, AND THERE YOU ARE."
TO A DEAR DEPARTED.
["Georgina," the largest of the giant tortoises at the Zoo, has died. She was believed to be about two hundred and fifty years old.]
Winds blow cold and the rain, Georgina,