Word: liverymen
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Nobody stirred. All the Aldermen are "Liverymen" - representatives of London's ancient Guilds. The top card, as always, was the Senior Alderman who has served as Sheriff of the City of London, this year Alderman Charles Henry Collett...
...cried all Liverymen present, but this shout did not stop the Common Sergeant. He read off the names of all eligible Aldermen...
...Later on! Later on!" cried the Liverymen at each name, sure that London's Mayoral pack will be dealt in proper order from now until Doom's crack. Knowing that her husband was bound to win, Mrs. Collett watched beaming from a balcony beside the outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Percy Greenaway, Stationer. Sedately the Aldermen, who form a small key group in the great body of Liverymen, retired to vote in private for the inevitable top card...