#w j kingsley

[slidesworthseeing]

Found slide: The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, forerunner of the Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo, Warrane Sydney, slide developed January 1963. Photo by W J Kingsley

[thequietabsolute]

:: did freud have anything to say about fridges?

moving home soon and buying in a whole host of white goods for the new place. memorialising here this old irascibly sonorous thing.

[chlobliviate]

Wolfstar Microfic - Ghost

Words: 884

@wolfstarmicrofic

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Most evenings, after everyone else had left the common room, Remus could be found studying by the light of the fire. NEWTs were coming up and he was barely sleeping, not eating anywhere near enough and the full moon was the weekend before the exams began. In short, he was straight up not having a good time.

After two weeks of this routine, James, Peter and Sirius decided that something had to be done. James had tried talking to him about the importance of sleep, and Pete had tried bringing him snacks whenever he could, but nothing was working. Sirius decided to take matters into his own hands. Once James and Peter had fallen asleep, he snuck down to the common room.

Remus was hunched over a book, trying to keep his eyes open. He looked up as the bottom stair creaked.

“Alright?” He asked wearily.

“Not really,” Sirius said, sitting at the other end of the sofa.

Remus put his book down and shifted closer to Sirius. “What���s wrong, Pads?”

“I’m worried about my friend.” Sirius whispered, “He’s not looking after himself, and it’s like… living with a ghost.” He met Remus’ eye and said, “Please don’t just fob me off like you did the others.”

Remus’s face softened, “I didn’t mean to worry you.”

“I know.” Sirius brushed his little finger against Remus’ between them on the sofa. “You’re not helping yourself by neglecting yourself. You need to eat, and sleep, and do things that make you happy as well as study. You remember when Evans kept fainting before the OWLs? That’ll be you if you don’t look after yourself, Moons.”

“I can’t fail Pads. I have to get Os or I’ll never—”

“I know. That pressure isn’t helpful. You can only do your best, and how good is your best going to be if you’re sleep-deprived and starving?” He linked their little fingers. “Please look after yourself. Or let us help if it feels difficult. We love you so much.”

“I love you too,” Remus said sleepily, making Sirius’ heart soar, despite knowing what Remus probably meant.

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Most evenings after everyone had returned home, Sirius could be found drinking Firewhiskey by the light of the fire. All-out war was on the horizon and he was barely sleeping, not eating anywhere enough and drinking far too much to the point of passing out more often than not. In short, he was straight up not having a good time.

After two weeks of this routine, Remus decided that something had to be done. Kingsley had tried talking to Sirius about sleeping better, Molly Weasley had done her best to feed him, but nothing was working. Remus decided to take matters into his own hands. Once the last of the Order had left Grimmauld Place he slunk into the drawing room.

Sirius was hunched over a large glass of firewhiskey, swaying slightly and muttering to himself. He looked up as Remus cleared his throat.

“Alright, Remus?” He asked.

“Not really,” Remus said, sitting down next to Sirius. He held out his hand, smiling softly as Sirius set down his glass and laced his fingers between Remus’.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’m worried about my friend.” Remus said, “He’s not looking after himself, and it’s like spending time with a ghost. I don’t know where you’ve gone, Pads.”

“I'm right here, Moony. You don’t need to worry about me.”

“But I do. Do you remember right before NEWTs when you came down to me in the common room one night and talked me into not self-destructing anymore?” Sirius nodded slowly, “This is me repaying the favour. You’re not eating, I know you’re not sleeping and you’ve gone through four bottles of Firewhiskey so far this week.”

“What else is there to do?” Sirius’ voice trembled slightly,

“So much, love,” Remus said, Sirius’ head snapping up at the use of the name he hadn’t used for over a decade. “Being stuck here is temporary. If you keep on the way you are, you won’t see the day when you can do whatever you want. A very wise man once said to me 'You’re not helping yourself by neglecting yourself’.”

“That does sound like something a very wise man would say.” Sirius smiled slightly, “I think I’m spiralling.”

“How can I help?” He squeezed Sirius’ hand. “What do you need?”

Sirius’ eyes locked on his. “Stay here with me.” He said quietly. “Please.”

“Are you sure?” Remus asked.

“I feel better when you’re here. Like before.” He frowned, “Not that you need to… I don’t mean that you’d need to… with me.”

“Would sharing a bed help you sleep? I know it did in Wales.” Remus asked softly. Sirius nodded, “Alright then. I’ll go and pack up my stuff tomorrow.”

“You don’t have to.”

“I know I don’t. I want to, Pads. I’d do anything for you.” Remus looked away from him. “I love you.”

“Still?” Sirius asked hoarsely.

“Don’t you?” Remus asked, hoping that Sirius wasn’t about to break his heart.

“Of course I do, I just didn’t know where you were at.” Sirius’ eyes shone. “There isn’t a day in the last fifteen years where the thought of you hasn’t helped me survive.”

“Well then,” Remus smiled, “It’s probably time we did something about it, isn’t it?”

[the-delta-42]

Why? - Chapter 1

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Why?

Chapter 1

Adrien looked expectantly at his father, Marinette’s sketchbook in hand. His pigtailed friend had dropped it while she was packing up her bag and Adrien had the sudden bright idea to show the designs to his father and get Marinette an internship or apprenticeship at his father’s company.

“These designs certainly are,” Said Gabriel, flicking through the pages, “impressive. Your friend is very talented.”

Adrien grinned, “so, you’ll give her an internship?”

“I’ll think about it,” Dismissed Gabriel, making Adrien deflate a little, “go to your piano lesson.”

Adrien sighed, before leaving the study. Once he was gone, Gabriel opened the book and looked at the designs. If he published these, his business profit would skyrocket. But, if he said they were Mlle. Dupain-Cheng’s, the funds would go to her. Gabriel smirked, before he started to make subtle changes to the designs. After all, who’d believe a young girl over a fashion mogul?

W

Marinette slammed her head against her desk, she’d torn her room apart looking for her sketchbook. She’d had it at school a few weeks ago, and she’d looked everywhere she could think of. At home, in her bag, at school, on her way to school, at Alya’s, she’d even asked Chloé if she knew where it was.

Marinette closed her eyes for a second, before her mother gently shook her shoulder and told her she was late for school. In her rush, she didn’t see the texts her classmates had sent her. Marinette barrelled into the classroom, rearing back under the combined stares of her classmates.

“Hey?” Waved Marinette, looking around.

At first, she thought Lila had made up another lie about her, before she noticed that all of them were pitying her.

“Is everything okay?”

Alya winced, “Um, you know about your sketchbook?”

“You’ve found it?” Grinned Marinette, looking around for it, “Where was it?”

Alya winced and swallowed, “It’s, er, with Adrien’s dad.”

“Why would he have it?” Asked Marinette, confused.

“I, er, I took it,” Confessed Adrien, “I, I was hoping father would give you an internship or make you an apprentice. I-I never thought h-he’d d-do somet-thing like t-this.”

Marinette stared at Adrien, suddenly stuttering and having trouble speaking.

“W-what happened?”

“His new line is out today a-and,” Alya pushed a catalogue towards Marinette, “page 73.”

Marinette frowned, before flicking through the pages until she reached page 73, and froze. There, on the page, were her designs. Each of them subtly modified, but still recognisable as hers. She started checking other pages, finding gloves, hats, scarves, dresses, everything. All of them from her missing sketchbook.

“J-Jagged Stone’s already said the designs were yours.” Stuttered Adrien, “H-he said he saw you designing them. Kitty Section, Clara Nightingale, Neil Richards, Roderick Kingsley, Charlotte Witter, Janet Van Dyne and Enda Mode have condemned f-father, a-and h-he l-lost two of h-his s-s-sponsors. But half of the designs had already been sold out when that happened.”

Marinette continued to stare at the pages. Alya gently took her arm and guided her to her seat. Lila then walked in, sporting a new jacket. One of the ones on page 47 of the catalogue that was now discarded on the classroom floor.

“Mr. Agreste’s new line came,” Smirked Lila, “what do you think?”

“Adrien’s dad stole those designs from Marinette.” Said Nino, as Marinette’s breathing suddenly sped up.

“Did she tell you that?” Questioned Lila, cogs in her mind turning.

“No, if you look at the designs, they’re all in Marinette’s style.” Said Alya, between trying to get Marinette to calm down.

“But that doesn’t prove he stole them.”

“We saw her designing them, Lila,” Snapped Nathaniel, passing a paper bag to Alya, “We saw her designing them, she showed them to us, and we know he has Marinette’s missing sketchbook.”

“He’s made minor changes to them.” Muttered Chloé flicking through the pages.

“So, they’re different designs now, right?” Asked Lila, getting a sigh from Max.

“Lila, it doesn’t work like that,” Stated Max, “they are still the same designs Marinette made and the only things Mr Agreste has done is change the logos on them, that’d be like taking the Mona Lisa and changing her skin-tone or taking your stories and replacing you with someone else.”

“There’s still some with that MDC mess on it.” Said Chloé, making everyone freeze.

“Chloé, what are you talking about?” Asked Adrien, looking at her.

“Dupain-Cheng has a habit of putting her initials on the stuff. Like that scarf Gabriel stole.” Said Chloé, opting to file her nails.

“W-what scarf?” Asked Adrien, dread pooling in his stomach.

W

“Toby, darling, I need to borrow Jack.” Said Edna, shooing Toby away from his boyfriend, “Go make some tea or those baked goodies you do.”

Toby snorted, before walking towards the kitchen. Edna turned her focus onto Jack, “Gabriel Agreste has finally gone insane.”

“What was the first clue, his wardrobe or the clearly forced look of his models?” Snarked Jack, leaning back in his chair.

“He’s been accused to stealing a small designer’s work and passed it off as his own.” Retorted Edna, leaning forwards, “I honestly thought he was better than that, especially after that Prague incident.”

Jack winced, before removing a phone from his pocket. Toby’s phone looked up at him, “Shit, I forgot I had this.”

Before Jack could call Toby back, the screen lit up and a cartoon wolf’s head appeared on the screen. The phone vibrated and made a howling sound, making Toby barrel into the room, “Don’t answer that, that’s my brother and he doesn’t know about some stuff yet!”

Jack blinked as Toby wrenched the phone from his hand. His hair caught fire and he threw a glare at Toby.

“Michael, hey!” Toby nearly yelled, his voice going a tone higher.

“Christine?” Asked a gruff voice, “Are you ill? Because your voice sounds different.”

“Yes, Michael, I’m fine,” Dismissed Toby, wincing at Jack, “um, not to seem rude, but why are you calling?”

There was silence on the other end.

“Check social media, we’re needed back home.” Michael then hung up the phone, getting a frown from Toby.

“Your family doesn’t know, huh?” Asked Jack, as Enda extinguished his hair.

“I’ve been meaning to tell them,” Defended Toby, opening up twitter on his phone, “I… just haven’t gotten around to it yet.”

Enda frowned, before jabbing Toby’s side, “You need to tell them darling, it’s better they know from you instead of finding out from someone else.”

“I get the feeling that was aimed at me.” Muttered Jack, igniting his hand.

Toby froze, before he dropped his phone. He stared into space for a second, before diving for his phone and punched in a number.

“Is everything alright?” Asked Jack, making Toby look at him.

“Some, some candy cane motherfucker’s stolen my sister’s work!” Seethed Toby, accidentally cracking his phone in his hand, “Fuck!”

Edna frowned, before getting out of her seat, “Jack-Jack, darling, call your family, we’re going to Paris.”

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Caline pinched the bridge of her nose; she’d arrived at her class and found Marinette hyper-ventilating. Everyone had taken to yelling what happened, all at once, resulting in an indiscernible racket that led her to do something she hadn’t done in years. She lost her temper. It’d been almost funny seeing how pale everyone got, which the exception of Marinette, before everything quietened down.

She then looked to Sabrina for an explanation. While she wasn’t supposed to find fault with anyone, she knew that Sabrina loved to, to put it politely, be curious about other people’s business. She’d already given her numerous detentions because she caught her rummaging through other people’s belongings.

Sabrina had given her a condensed version of events, which then led to Caline asking Alya to take Marinette to the nurse, which then led to an ambulance being called because Marinette then had an asthma attack and, to cap everything off, paparazzi had swarmed the school entrance. Some looking for Adrien, some looking for Marinette, which all led to Damocles going ballistic, with an unfortunate incident requiring a second ambulance. The school was then given an impromptu half-day. Caline sighed, her hand resting on her bump. D’Argencourt had offered to hunt down Josiah, which Caline had declined, if Josiah didn’t want to know his own child, then he wouldn’t.

She looked up when someone knocked on her classroom’s door. Mendeleiev leaned against the doorframe.

“Dupain-Cheng’s parents have been in touch,” Said Mendeleiev, “she’s making a recovery, the hospital’s also issued her a new inhaler. Still no news on Damocles, though.”

Caline closed her eyes and sighed through her nose, “At least we’ve got one piece of good news.”

Mendeleiev hummed, before disappearing from view. Caline suddenly wanted nothing more than to go home and have a nice long bath. Her phone buzzed, getting an annoyed huff from her. Caline pulled it from her pocket and glared at the screen. She didn’t recognise the number, but she decided to answer it on a whim.

“What?”

W

Jack tried not to scowl as Dash’s children running around the plane. Dash was rapidly messaging someone on his phone, probably an Avenger or JL member. He heard about a race that was taking place in a couple of months between the Flash, Quicksilver and Dash. Violet was quietly speaking with Tony, occasionally throwing a dark look at Jack. Tony nervously glanced at Jack, then at Toby, Jack’s parents and back to Jack.

“Well,” Said Toby, clapping his hands, “since Paris is, sort of, being terrorised by an emotional terrorist, we might as well air any grievances we have with each other.”

“And bring us back in the loop?” Scoffed Violet, getting a wince from Tony.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Demanded Jack, as Bob groaned, and Helen covered her eyes.

“I’m just saying, it’d be a first to hear anything about you from you.”

“Look, if this is some massive problem you have with me being gay-”

“I don’t care that you’re gay, Jack,” Snapped Violet, “I care that we were told by a fucking tabloid.”

The plane fell silent, Toby letting out an awkward cough, while Jack glanced around. No one was meeting his eyes, Dash’s wife had her face buried in a book, while Tony and Violet’s eldest had opted to sink into his seat and listened to music.

“That’s what his is all about?” Asked Jack, getting a flinch and a gasp from some of his extended family, “Look, modelling is something that often requires the media being let to know somethings before anyone else.”

“So, you thought that allowing that magazine to portray us as homophobes was necessary?” Asked Dash, looking over at Jack, “Because it made things so much more difficult when we were out in public.”

“Come on, it’s not like anything happened.” Retorted Jack, before a force field snapped around his legs.

“Mom and Dad’s house was firebombed, and you think nothing happened?!” Snarled Violet, “Dash was practically forced into resigning, and that not even starting on the CPS visits because ‘worried’ neighbours ‘believed’ we were abusing our children.”

Jack swallowed, glancing around. He looked at his father, old burn scars were on his arms, Jack had always assumed there were from hero work. He’d heard that Dash had resigned from his job, but he didn’t think too much into it at the time.

“Then why didn’t anyone answer my calls?” Questioned Jack, looking around.

“I think the answer is obvious.” Said Dash, leaning forwards, “We had to move, change phone numbers. Believe it or not, you have fans that are batshit crazy.”

Jack winced, looking around, “I, I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”

Violet sighed harshly through her nose, glaring at him.

“Did you even try to contact us?” She asked, suddenly looking tired.

“None of you answered.” Jack, getting a groan from Helen.

“Okay, there’s obviously a lot we need to talk about,” Said Helen, getting to her feet, “so we might as well get the heavy stuff out of the way first.”

W

Michael scrawled something on a sheet of paper, as Marinette sat on the sofa with a weighted blanket covering her. Skye had rocked up to the bakery with a briefcase full of legal notes. Christine had sent a text to the Family group and said she needed to talk with them.

Marinette was slowly nodding off, Michael and Skye were sitting across from each other, while Maman and Papa were down in the bakery. Marinette found it oddly funny, this was the first time her entire family had been in one place in just over five years.

Sabine tiredly came up the stairs, “Nadja’s managed to get most of the paparazzi to back off, she said she’ll interview us herself.”

“How thoughtful.” Snarked Michael, getting a frown from his mother.

“I had an interesting phone call, as well.” Said Sabine, “your grandmother’s been in contact.”

“What, Nonna?” Asked Skye, as Marinette slowly looked around.

“No,” Answered Sabine, “your other grandmother.”

Her children all stared at her, before Marinette spoke.

“Holy shit.”

W

Gabriel frantically scrambled through the documents on his desk. The Cheng’s and Ricca’s had unexpectedly withdrawn their support and many of his peers were denouncing him as a fraud. He’d already tried to justify his changes to the designs made them completely different, before changing tactics and saying he was giving her exposure.

His previous changes to the designs then came back to bite him, which then had the added effect of all his assets being frozen.

It didn’t help that nearly every one of his employees had resigned, only Nathalie, Adrien’s Bodyguard and Adrien remained. He was jerked from his thoughts when his phone pinged. He glanced at the message. The bank was repossessing the house, on the grounds he was living there illegally. Why did Emilié decide to leave everything to Adrien and not him?

[bookquest2024]

100 Books to Read Before I Die: Quest Order

The Lord Of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

Under The Net by Iris Murdoch

American Pastoral by Philip Roth

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

A Passage to India by EM Forster

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

1984 by George Orwell

White Noise by Don DeLillo

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Oscar And Lucinda by Peter Carey

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré

Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Ulysses by James Joyce

Scoop by Evelyn Waugh

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Are You There, God? It’s me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Herzog by Saul Bellow

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes

A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul

A Dance to The Music of Time by Anthony Powell

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Nostromo by Joseph Conrad

The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Little Women by Louisa M Alcott

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth

Watchmen by Alan Moore

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Trial by Franz Kafka

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Money by Martin Amis

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

[critical-quoter]

May Books

I think I'm slowing down. A few of the books this month were rough and took so much longer than usual to get through.

Trick or Trucee - Kristen Granata ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Soldier for the Starling - Breanna Lynn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Raiders of the Lost Heart - Jo Segura ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In Your Pucking Dreams - Sheridan Anne ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Love Esq. - Devon Atwood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Binding Rose - Ivy Fox ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mooning Over a Monster - Lauren Connolly ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Playlist - Morgan Elizabeth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Storms and Secrets - Claire Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wild Love - Elsie Silver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Handling Mr. Harper - Elle Nicole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Viper - Margaret McHeyzer ⭐️⭐️ Arranged Deception - C. C. Monroe ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Flock - Kate Stewart ⭐️⭐️ Inevitable Ella - V. H. Nicolson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Broken Strings - Pamela O'Roarke ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Only in Your Dreams - Ellie K. Wilde ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Assisting the Bosshole - Kristin MacQueen ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hearts in Winter - Carrie Elks ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Before the Chaos - Maggie Radon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rival Hearts - Maggie Rawdon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When the Night Falls - Nureyluna ⭐️⭐️ Con - B. J. Alpha ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Frozen Flames - V. H. Nicolson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Flames of Seduction - Belle Dawson ⭐️ Come Out, Come Out - Alexia Onyx ⭐️⭐️ Friday Night Lies - C. W. Farnsworth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Camera Shy - Kay Cove ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Who's Your Daddy - Lauren Rowe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Vicious - L. J. Shen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Defy - L. J. Shen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Breathe for Me - Brittany Ann ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lost in Him - Harloe Rae ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Demons and Roses - Beka Westrup ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ King of Wrath - Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Binding 13 - Chloe Walsh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Keeping 13 - Chloe Walsh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Swipe for a Cosmo - Megan Wade ⭐️⭐️ Meet Odin - J. Wine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Odin - J. Wine ⭐️⭐️⭐️ King - S. J. Tilly ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Auction - L. Knight ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Whistleblower - Kay Cove ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Doing It Right - Harloe Rae ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wall St. Jerk - Megan Wade ⭐️⭐️⭐️ My Dark Romeo - Parker S. Huntington & L. J. Shen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lovestruck - Julie Capulet ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Moments of Malevolence - T. L. Smith ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ P. S. I Hate You - Winter Renshaw ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Devilish Ink - Sienna Blake ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dust Storm - Maggie Gates ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Read Between the Stars - Natalie Parker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Wrong Bride - Catharina Maura ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Man of Action - Elle Rivers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Once You're Mine - Morgan Bridges ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Now You're Mine - Morgan Bridges ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Strung Along - Hannah Cowen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Wall of Winnipeg - Mariana Zapata ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Escape the Light - A. R. Thomas ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brutal Prince - Sophie Lark ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wanted - A. M. Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Consider Me - Becka Mack ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mayhem and Minnie - Veronica Lancet ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don't Let Me Down - Kelsie Rae ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

64 total books read for May 2024

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The Ancient Greece Collection - 36 Rare Books

The Lost Book Project charges $10 for this collection. If you found this roundup useful, please consider donating to the Internet Archive instead.

Other roundups here

The Iliad by Homer (1598)

The Age of Fable, or, Beauties of Mythology by T. Bullfinch (1894)

The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato (2001)

The Republic by Plato (375 BC)

The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy - P. Colum (1918)

India in Greece, or, Truth in Mythology - E. Pococke (1852)

The Persian Expedition by Xenophon (401 BC)

Hellenic History - G. Botsford (1921)

History of Alexander the Great - J. Abbott (1848)

Stories of Old Greece and Rome - E. K. Baker (1913)

Medea by Euripides (431 BC)

Old Greek Stories - J. Baldwin (1895)

Crete, the Forerunner of Greece - C. Hawes (1921)

The Ancient City - A Study on the Religion, Laws and Institutions of Greece and Rome - F. de Coulanges (1877)

Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion - A Study in Survivals - J. C. Lawson (1910)

Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals - T. Davidson (1892)

Stories of Greek Gods, Heroes and Men - a primer of the mythology and history of the Greeks - C. H. Harding (1897)

Greek Pictures - J. Mahaffy (1890)

The Heroes or, Greek Fairy Tales for my Children - C. Kingsley (1901)

Greek Religious Thought from Homer to The Age of Alexander - F. Cornford (1921)

A History of Ancient Greek Literature - G. Murray (1897)

A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography by W. Smith (1899)

A General History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great - G. Cox (1890)

Greek and Roman Mythology - J. M. Tatlock (1917)

Beeton's classical dictionary. A cyclopaedia of Greek and Roman biography, geography, mythology, and antiquities by S. O. Beeton (1871)

Minoan Mycenaean Religion and its survival in Greek religion - M. Nilsson (1921)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology Vol. 1 - W. Smith (1850)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology Vol. 2 - W. Smith (1850)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology Vol. 3 - W. Smith (1850)

Rhodes in Ancient times - C. Torr (1885)

The legend of Perseus a study of tradition in story custom and belief Vol. 1 - E. S. Hartland (1894)

Tales of Troy and Greece - A. Lang (1907)

Greece in the times of Homer, an account of the life, customs, and habits of the Greeks during the Homeric period - T. Timayenis (1885)

The Story of Troy - M. Clarke (1897)

Manual of Mythology - Greek and Roman, Norse, and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology - A. S. Murray (1874)

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Players summary

All posts of a specific player. The players listed here are ordered alphabetically and only players are listed that have appeared on this blog.

A

• 🔗 Abdelhamid Sabiri 🇲🇦

• 🔗 Achraf Hakimi 🇲🇦

• 🔗 Allan Saint-Maximin 🇫🇷

• 🔗 Alphonso Davies 🇨🇦

• 🔗 Amine Adli 🇫🇷

• 🔗 Amine Harit 🇲🇦

• 🔗 André Trinidade 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Andrey Santos 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Ansu Fati 🇪🇸

• 🔗 Antonee Robinson 🇺🇸

• 🔗 Antonio Rüdiger 🇩🇪

• 🔗 Ashley Young 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Aurélien Tchouaméni 🇫🇷

B

• 🔗 Ben Godfrey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Breel Embolo 🇨🇭

• 🔗 Bruno Guimaraes 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Bukayo Saka 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

C

• 🔗 Christian Kouamé 🇨🇮

• 🔗 Christopher Scott 🇩🇪

• 🔗 Cody Gakpo 🇳🇱

D

• 🔗 David Alaba 🇦🇹

• 🔗 David Neres 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Dayot Upamecano 🇫🇷

• 🔗 Denzel Dumfries 🇳🇱

• 🔗 Duván Zapata 🇨🇴

E

• 🔗 Eduardo Camavinga 🇫🇷

• 🔗 #Ellis Harrison 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

• 🔗 Ezri Konsa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

F

• 🔗 Francis Amuzu 🇧🇪

G

• 🔗 Gabriel Jesus 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Gabriel Martinelli 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Gavin Bazunu 🇮🇪

• 🔗 Geisson Perea 🇨🇴

• 🔗 Geoffrey Kondogbia 🇨🇫

H

• 🔗 Hee-Chan Hwang 🇰🇷

• 🔗 Hueng-min Son 🇰🇷

I

• 🔗 Ibrahima Konaté 🇫🇷

• 🔗 Irfan Fandi Ahmad 🇸🇬

J

• 🔗 Jacob Ramsey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Jeffrey Schlupp 🇬🇭

• 🔗 Jeremy Doku 🇧🇪

• 🔗 Jesse Lingard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Joao Gomes 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Joe Gomez 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Jonathan David 🇨🇦

• 🔗 Joshua Zirkzee 🇳🇱

• 🔗 Jude Bellingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Jules Koundé 🇫🇷

• 🔗 Julian Alvarez 🇦🇷

• 🔗 Jurriën Timber 🇳🇱

• 🔗 Justin Kluivert 🇳🇱

K

• 🔗 Keshi Anderson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Kingsley Coman 🇫🇷

• 🔗 Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷

L

• 🔗 Lautaro Martinez 🇦🇷

• 🔗 Leon Bailey 🇯🇲

• 🔗 Leroy Sané 🇩🇪

• 🔗 Lisandro Martinez 🇦🇷

• 🔗 Lyle Foster 🇿🇦

M

• 🔗 Manuel Akanji 🇨🇭

• 🔗 Manuel Benson 🇧🇪

• 🔗 Marcus Rashford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Mario Lemina 🇬🇦

• 🔗 Matheus Pereira 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Michy Batshuayi 🇧🇪

N

• 🔗 Nathan Aké 🇳🇱

O

• 🔗 Odion Ighalo 🇳🇬

• 🔗 Ollie Watkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

P

• 🔗 Paulinho 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Pedri 🇪🇸

• 🔗 Pervis Estupiñán 🇪🇨

Q

• 🔗 Quincy Promes 🇳🇱

R

• 🔗 Raheem Sterling 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Reece James 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Renato Sanches 🇵🇹

• 🔗 Rico Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Rodri 🇪🇸

• 🔗 Rodrygo Goes 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Romain Saiss 🇲🇦

• 🔗 Romelu Lukaku 🇧🇪

• 🔗 Romeo Lavia 🇧🇪

• 🔗 Ronald Araujo 🇺🇾

• 🔗 Ryan Gravenberch 🇳🇱

S

• 🔗 Salomon Kalou 🇨🇮

• 🔗 Samuel Da Granada 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Steven Bergwijn 🇳🇱

T

• 🔗 Tajon Buchanan 🇨🇦

• 🔗 Tammy Abraham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Thiago Silva 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Trent Alexander-Arnold 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

• 🔗 Tyrone Mings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

V

• 🔗 Vincent Kompany 🇧🇪

• 🔗 Vinicius Jr 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Virgil Van Dijk 🇳🇱

• 🔗 Vitinho 🇧🇷

• 🔗 Vitor Jacaré 🇧🇷

W

• 🔗 Weston McKennie 🇺🇸

• 🔗 Wilfried Bony 🇨🇮

• 🔗 Wilfried Zaha 🇨🇮

X

• 🔗 Xavi Simons 🇳🇱

Y

• 🔗 Yeboah Amankwah 🇬🇭

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Secrets and Masks

Secrets and Masks https://ift.tt/uPXb4dn by oliwciastyle 9 lat po bitwie o Hogwart wojna wciąż trwa i wszyscy bardzo się zmienili od czasu spędzonego w Hogwarcie. Hermiona jest najbardziej śmiercionośnym żołnierzem w Zakonie, spędzającym całe dnie na misjach ratunkowych, aby uwolnić schwytanych mugolaków i walczyć na linii frontu. Od lat spotyka się potajemnie ze szpiegiem w szeregach Voldemorta, aby wymieniać się informacjami. Ale kiedy została schwytana i uwięziona w Malfoy Manor, ze wszystkich mrocznych i złych sposobów, w jakie wyobrażała sobie, że Malfoy będzie ją torturował, nigdy nie wyobrażała sobie czegoś tak przerażającego. Words: 2999, Chapters: 1/75, Language: Polski Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con Categories: F/M Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Astoria Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass, Harry Potter, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Cormac McLaggen, Rubeus Hagrid, Dean Thomas, Pansy Parkinson, Luna Lovegood, Rodolphus Lestrange, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Additional Tags: Violence, War, Mental Health Issues, Suicide, Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Smut, Blood, Death, Torture, Manipulation, Psychological Trauma, Explicit Language, Rough Sex, Suicidal Thoughts, Violent Thoughts, Violent Sex, Legilimency (Harry Potter), Occlumency (Harry Potter), Potions, Graphic Description, Character Death, Major Character Injury, Rape/Non-con Elements, Slavery, Blood and Violence via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/AMsna1t June 27, 2023 at 12:34PM

[slidesworthseeing]

Found slide: Changing the trolley poles of H class car 359 (coupled to 360) at the Glenelg tram terminus, Adelaide, Kaurna country, circa 1955. Photo by W J Kingsley

[themomsandthecity]

Phoenix, Oscar, Leo, Arlo, and 170 More of the Cutest Names For Baby Boys

Brainstorming baby names can be one of the most fun (and important) aspects of planning for the arrival of your little one, but it can also feel really overwhelming. If you don't have certain requirements, like wanting a name that runs in the family, the possibilities can seem endless. Our names are the first thing tied to our identities, and we know how daunting that sounds - so we're here to ease you of any stress you have on your hunt for cute baby boy names. Choosing a cute boy name that will be equally fitting for an adorable infant and the adult he grows into can be a challenge, which is why we compiled this list of cute, unique boy names. You're sure to find an option that flow well with your last name or other kids' names among the cute names for boys we rounded up here. You might even find two that you like to help you out with a middle name option. (Oh, and if you want options for cute girls' names, we have you covered for that too, with our list of cute girl names.) Cute Names For Boys A Abe, Addison, Aiden, Amir, Amos, Ansel, Archie, Ari, Arlo, Asher, Atticus, August, Austin, Avery, Axel B Beau, Beckett, Bentley, Benicio, Benito, Benjamin, Billy, Bishop, Blake, Bodhi, Briggs, Brody, Brooks C Caleb, Campbell, Carter, Caspian, Charlie, Cody, Colby, Cole, Colton, Cooper, Crew, Crosby, Cruz D Dallas, Dash, Dawson, Dax, Deacon, Diego, Dillan, Donovan, Dorian, Duke, Dustin, Dylan E Easton, Eden, Eli, Elias, Elliott, Emerson, Emmett, Ender, Enrique, Enzo, Everest, Ewan, Ezra F Felipe, Finley, Finn, Fletcher, Ford, Frankie, G Gabriel, Gage, Gavin, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greyson, Griffin, Gus Related: Waverly, Merritt, and 103 Other Unique and Beautiful Girls' Names H Harley, Henry, Hudson, Hugh, Hurley I Ian, Ira, Isaac, Isaiah J Jacob, Jack, Jaime, Jasper, Jaxon, Jayden, Jett, Jude, Julian K Kai, Khalil, Kingsley, Knox L Larkin, Leo, Liam, Logan, Luke M Mason, Maverick, Max, Memphis, Miles, Milo, Morris N Nate, Neo, Nico, Noah, Noe, Nolan O Oden, Oliver, Omari, Oscar, Otis, Owen P Peyton, Phoenix, Pierce Q Quentin, Quinn Related: 50 Adorable and Meaningful Names For Baby Boys in 2022 R Remy, Rhett, Rhys, Roman, Ronin, Rowan, Ryan, Ryder S Samuel, Sawyer, Santiago, Sebastian, Shane, Silas T Tate, Theodore, Titan, Tobias, Toby, Trenton U Uri V Valentino, Van, Virgil W Walker, Wesley, Wren, Wrenynn, Wyatt X Xander, Xavi, Xavier Y Yasir, Yates, Yonah, York, Yunis, Yuri Z Zachary, Zaiden, Zander, Zane https://www.popsugar.com/family/Cute-Boy-Names-43713664?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell: Kevin Kline Ellen Mitchell: Sigourney Weaver Bob Alexander: Frank Langella Alan Reed: Kevin Dunn Duane Stevenson: Ving Rhames Vice-President Nance: Ben Kingsley Murray Blum: Charles Grodin Alice: Faith Prince Randi: Laura Linney White House Tour Guide: Bonnie Hunt Senate Majority Leader: Parley Baer House Majority Leader: Stefan Gierasch Mrs. Travis: Anna Deavere Smith Policeman: Charles Hallahan Jerry: Tom Dugan Lola: Alba Oms Secret Service #1: Steve Witting David: Kellen Sampson White House Guard: Lexie Bigham Frederic W. Barnes: Frederic W. Barnes Ronald Brownstein: Ronald Brownstein Eleanor Clift: Eleanor Clift Tom Harkin: Tom Harkin Bernard Kalb: Bernard Kalb Larry King: Larry King Michael Kinsley: Michael Kinsley Morton Kondracke: Morton Kondracke Jay Leno: Jay Leno Frank Mankiewicz: Frank Mankiewicz Chris Matthews: Chris Matthews John McLaughlin: John McLaughlin Howard Metzenbaum: Howard Metzenbaum Abner J. Mikva: Abner J. Mikva Robert D. Novak: Robert D. Novak Tip O’Neill: Thomas P. ‘Tip’ O’Neill Richard Reeves: Richard Reeves Paul Simon: Paul Simon Ben Stein: Ben Stein Oliver Stone: Oliver Stone Kathleen Sullivan: Kathleen Sullivan Jeff Tackett: Jeff Tackett Helen Thomas: Helen Thomas Nina Totenberg: Nina Totenberg Sander Vanocur: Sander Vanocur John Yang: John Yang Don Durenberger: Stephen Root Girl at Durenberger’s: Catherine Reitman Mom at Durenberger’s: Dawn Arnemann Clara: Marianna Harris Diane: Sarah Marshall White House Barber: Ralph Manza President’s Physician: George Martin White House Nurse: Laurie Franks Trauma Doctor: Tom Kurlander Trauma Nurse: Dendrie Taylor Japanese Prime Minister: Joe Kuroda Vice-President’s Wife: Geneviève Robert Vice-President’s Son: Jason Reitman Secretary of Education: Ruth Goldway Director of OMB: Frank Birney Secretary of Treasury: Paul Collins Secretary of Commerce: Peter White Postmaster General: Robin Gammell Judy: Heather Hewitt Policeman #2: Gary Ross Ellen’s Aide: Jeffrey Joseph Female Senator: Bonnie Bartlett Speaker of the House: Robert Walsh Congressional Doorkeeper: William Pitts Reporter: Dan Butler Announcer: Wendy Gordon Announcer: Ben Patrick Johnson Announcer: Steve Kmetko Chris Dodd: Chris Dodd Alan K. Simpson: Alan K. Simpson Arnold Schwarzenegger: Arnold Schwarzenegger Film Crew: Set Designer: Joseph G. Pacelli Jr. Screenplay: Gary Ross Editor: Sheldon Kahn Production Design: J. Michael Riva Casting: Michael Chinich Director of Photography: Adam Greenberg Casting: Bonnie Timmermann Executive Producer: Joe Medjuck Set Designer: Darrell L. Wight Director: Ivan Reitman Set Designer: Steve Arnold Executive Producer: Michael C. Gross Costume Design: Richard Hornung Art Direction: David F. Klassen Set Decoration: Michael Taylor Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner Hairstylist: Christopher Shihar Casting Associate: Alan Berger Costume Supervisor: James W. Tyson Script Supervisor: Karen Hale Wookey Hairstylist: Marlene D. Williams Makeup Artist: Linda DeVetta Construction Coordinator: Terry Scott Makeup Artist: Robert Norin Original Music Composer: James Newton Howard Movie Reviews: Rob: A lovely romantic comedy in that true eighties style. A little charmer of a movie starring the ever-watchable Kevin Kline. I’ll admit I’m pretty old-fashioned and, even in today’s evil world, I cling to the hope there are still good-hearted people out there somewhere. This is one of those movies keeping that hope alive. Let the soft side of you out and enjoy this film.

[broomsticks]

hp and narnia and hp again

a squib in hogwarts. DWM never disappoints

the problem of susan the problem of susan !!!

She can allow herself lipstick. She can allow herself to let strength grow where it could not be found, allow soft skin to be where callouses were the norm. She can allow herself rouge and nylons, lipsticks and hair curlers. There is nothing wrong with beauty, with feeling good in herself.

Susan is the only one that stays, and she is okay with this. She did not need Narnia- Narnia needed her. Now England needs her. Her family stays in Narnia to be better. She stays in England to make this world better.

There is not a single lion to be found save her.

She has more than made her peace with this world- she has fallen in love with it. She has fallen in love with the people here, her job, and her briefcase. She has no desire to return to her old kingdom, not when she has built her own here.

oh to be the one who saves yourself. oh, to fall in love with this world, this one real and wonderful world

this was a roughhh but really worthwhile read

ootp to DH. some lovely first-time and !! that ending w the tapestry

dorcas meadowes character study, dorcas & tom used to be head boy/girl

lovely series -- i really like how well this flows from musesfool's dog days of summer!

transfem snape and genderfluid kingsley!

ginny and cho, postwar healing

tonks! these remadora / tedromeda by starfishstar too

memorable jan reads

hp and hdm

remus/gilderoy! canon plausible, very sweet on the surface, and completely fucking fucked with just two seconds more thought! i love it!

pov second person + future tense wolfstar classic. falling!!!

the first twelve NYEs of tom riddle’s life. read and feel sorry for baby!tom with me thanks

sirius/tonks. smutty and fun, just the way i like this pairing, but that last line!! oof!

sirius/harry!!! set up so beautifully.

short little marisa & lyra. what can i say i’m soft for the rare few believable occurrences marisa’s not an entirely terrible mother and for the watching-people-sleep trope.

lyra x will, a partial reunion 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

a dean thomas character study

rita/narcissa! the social commentary of one horribly wonderful narcissa black!!!

rita/marietta, co presidents of the i hate hermione granger club!!! thistlecat!!!

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“Took His LifeThrough Fear Other Convicts at ‘Pen’ Would ‘Gang’ Him,” Kingston Whig-Standard. February 2, 1933. Page 3. ---- Convict Vito Delevicchio Hanged Himself — Left Letter Telling Why He Had Done Rash Deed — 650 Convicts Are Back at Work — Italian Claimed He Was Innocent of Any Crime --- Teriffied for the past three weeks at what he believed to be a plot on the part of other convicts to "gang" him, Convict Vito Delevicchio of the Kingston Penitentiary on Tuesday evening committed suicide at the institution by hanging himself in his cell with a cot-sheet. A coroner's jury on Wednesday afternoon found that the convict came to his death by his own hand.

Convict Delevicchio, before he took his own life, left a letter in his Bible, written in Italian, and in which he said ha was hanging himself "in order to not give satisfaction to the English and French because they are the most miserable people in the world” and that they “condemned me to prison innocently." 

It was between the time that rounds were made In the Prison of Isolation a period of forty minutes that Delevicchio committed the deed of self-destruction. A carefully thought-out plan, apparently the use of speed and despatch in the carrying out of the rash deed, resulted in the body being found by guards shortly before seven o'clock on Tuesday evening and the evidence at the coroner's jury revealed that if there are not “gangs" among the convicts, there is the terrifying belief in the minds of some of the inmates that they are to be “put on the spot" by their fellow-convicts. 

Warden’s Evidence Warden William Megtoughlin, in giving evidence at the inquest presided over by Coroner S. J. Keyes, said that Delevicchio was sentenced at Welland to ten years for attempted murder and on the appeal being lost the convict came to the institution in January 11, 1932, to serve his term. He was forty years of age. 

On January 11 of this year, said Warden Megloughlin, Delevicchio,   together with Convicts Yanko and Rogers, asked to be placed in the cells under the keepers' hall, Delevicchio claiming that "they are going to gang us," meaning some other convicts. The request was granted and the convicts remained under the keepers' hall until January 19 when they were transferred to the Prison of Isolation, where the cells are more comfortable. 

“They had committed no crimes to cause their being placed in the Prison of Isolation," said Warden Megloughlin “and they were visited several tlmes by me and other officers. I told Delevicchio that there was nothing to fear and he asked to be put to work on a different job from the one we were prepared at the time to give him. With 650 men back at work, it was a rather difficult to accede to all the convict’ wishes at once. Delevicchio was visited on Tuesday evening at 6.10 and when the next round was made by the guards at 6.50, his body was found."

Warden Megloughlin said that Delevicchio, while in the Prison of Isolation, got more or less the treatment which would be given a mental case. He was in a row of cells where guards pass frequently. Convict Rogers went back to work some day ago in the blacksmith shop. 

Following the discovery of the dead body of the convict, a letter written in Italian was found In the Bible of the deceased. The letter was translated by Rev. Dr. W. T. Kingsley, Roman Catholic chaplain of the penitentiary and was as follows:

“The question is that I went and demanded work. I went to demand work from the Director of the Prison. Everybody was against me that I felt that my head was going wrong because of the time I had passed in the cell - I am sorry for my children because they are small. I hang myself in order not to give satisfaction to the British and French because they are the most miserable people in the world. They condemned me to prison innocently. I have committed no crime. Greetings and salutations to all Italians. 

(Signed) Delevicchio.

“Wherever you see the English flag give it the fire!" 

Further Evidence Warden Megloughlln gave further evidence telling of the interviews which Delevicchio had had with officers of the Institution. He explained that court is held every day and convicts with requests can make them to this court. On April 23, last, Delevicchio asked to write to his sister to help his wife and this request was granted. Similar requests to write to his sister were made on May 21, July 29, October 6 and November 25, were granted. On December 18, he asked permission to interview Convict Gatto, who was married to the sister of Delevicchio’s wife and this was granted and on December 30 was given permission to write to his son in Niagara Falls.

“I went to Gatto today" said Warden Megloughlln “and he was most surprised to hear that Delevicchio had taken his own life. He had tried to reason with Delevicchio in their Interview in December." 

Warden Megloughlln remarked that with 650 men back at work in the Institution the handling of the men was almost “playing with fire." 

Chief Keeper Walsh Chief Keeper Walsh who was next called told of being summoned by guards after the body of the convict had been found. When he arrived if at Delevicchio’s  cell, he found that the convict had hanged himself with the cot-sheet. One end of the sheet was wound around his neck and tied with a shoe-lace and the other end was tied to the water-pipe, also with a shoe-lace. The convict's feet were on the floor and he gave every indication of having strangled himself by stepping off his chair after tying the end of the sheet to the water-pipe.

Guard Haylock Guard Haylock, who was first to find Delevicchio’s body, said that he had been on duty in the Prison of Isolation for the past three weeks. He was taken on the strength as a guard on October 26. Witness passed Delevicchio 's cell several times and saw him in the cell when he went by at 6.10 

“Forty minutes later," he said, “I was distributing lights for smoking. Pieces of toilet paper are passed through the cell bars and I had a lamp of mentholated spirits. As I went by the cells, I would light the papers. There was no paper at Delevicchio’s cell and I looked in and saw the body hanging." 

Witness called Guard Martin and they summoned Chief Keeper Walsh. 

Guard Martin also gave evidence to the effect that he had been on duty about twenty yards from Delevicchio’s cell at the time when the hanging must have taken place but heard no unusual sounds.

Dr. Platt Garfield Platt, prison surgeon, said that Delevicchio had been admitted to the hospital on December 12 with a cold but there was nothing serious. Witness said that he did not form any opinion as to Delevicchio's being a mental case. On Saturday, Delevicchio spoke to him regarding treatment for his teeth and some time on Tuesday that day he hanged himself, Delevicchio put his name down on the slip for attentio. Delevicchio had his supper brought to him at the usual time on Tuesday.

Following the taking of the evidence, the jury deliberated for fifteen minute and brought in a verdict that Delevicchio came to his death by his own hand and that no blame could be attached to any member of the staff of the penitentiary.

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More watercolour illustrations by Margaret Waterfield taken from ‘Garden Colour’ by Mrs C. W. Earle, E. V. B. Rose Kingsley, Vicary Gibbs.

Published 1905 by J. M. Dent & Company.

1) Michaelmas Daisies

2) Pyrus Japonica, Rose shoots

3) Daffodils and Forget-me-not

4) May Tulips

5) Cyclamen Coum

6) Foxgloves, Rose Euphrosyne

7) Purple Iris, Welsh Poppy, Columbine

8) Tritoma

9) Yucca and Pampas

10) Border of Annuals.

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