Lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living

“The possibility of something happening…”

Tang Hall in the sunset Ascending from Gormire to Sutton Bank Remains of a dry stone wall

The English countryside was soporific. Cary didn’t agree with those who said it was boring. Certainly, it lacked the variety of a mountain vista, or even the romantic touch of a coast over the sea, but if you made an effort there was a certain fascination in the succession of identical ploughed fields, cottages and rows of trees. There was the possibility of something happening, especially when the fog came down like the dry ice that conjurors use to make their performances more spectacular. Any kind of situation could come out of the top hat (Wu Ming, 54).