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...wants the doctor to cure her husband, a brilliant painter and incorrigible amoralist-a liar, cadger and thief in practical matters. Through some of the clankingest plot mechanics in history, Sir Colenso is forced to choose between saving the life of this caddish genius and that of a poor, upright little Government doctor. The issue is complicated by Sir Colenso's desire for the painter's wife. Finally he decides to abandon the painter-only to be spurned in the end by his widow...
...lapped milk from a dish in imitation of the orphanage dogs, whose company they preferred to other children's. They craved raw meat, and Kamala was once caught devouring chicken entrails which her sensitive wolf-nose had located in a garbage pail. For months they could not walk upright; their muscles were powerfully developed for loping on all fours...
...Since a child learns as much in its first two years as in all the rest of its days, lack of human contact at an early age will forever prevent mastery of speech and the upright gait...
Aplomb. In St. Louis, caught speeding on his motorcycle for the seventh time, Bernard Miller explained that he had to go at least 35 miles an hour to keep his cycle upright...
...pound: Harr (H) defeated Lister (T), upright crotch and half-nelson. Time...