"By all natural laws, stagnation breeds disease and death, and what could stir up this most venerable and respectable institution more than an application of the strong-minded, with short hair and shorter skirts, invading its dignified realm and elucidating all the excellences of female suffrage.

Why, Sir, you must know,the Tincture of this Water upon Stagnation ceruleates, and the Crocus upon the Stones flaveces; this he observes to be, Sir, the Indication of a generous Water.

CHAPTER THREE A Lifeless Life Possum Gully was stagnantstagnant with the narrow stagnation prevalent in all old country places.