There is considerable excitement around town as the news spreads of the imminent return of Mandible Winkworth. Yevgeny Huxtable is prepared to let bygones be bygones and even buys a copy of 'Ancient Eccentrics' which he presents to the young eccentric Kimrock, who takes it with him as he yomps across Palmeira Downs in a mind-clearing exercise. At Bulmer-on-Caburn, Kimrock takes out his harmonica and composes a folk song in honour of Tigranes the Great which he calls 'By the Waters of Ulysses'. Quoting a Chinese translation of Pirkei Avot (猶太聖傳•民刑卷•先賢篇), he sings ‘Love work, and despise official positions, and do not become too acquainted with the governing power.’
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