General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

An afterthought, jo anne – one that strictly speaking I should keep to myself, but I cannot resist giving you what I see as the benefit of the notion:

When you have read the prologue to ‘Elements Of Nature’, skip forward to chapter three and read the first paragraph – not a word beyond, please. Then begin in the normal way at chapter one.

All Lancashire readers would appreciate the above suggestion I’m sure, whereas it would be wasted on foreigners.