Shortest Day
“Where’s the man that dares to bid me stand?
I would cut him as small as flies And send him to the cookshop to make mince-pies.
Traditional British Mummers’ Play It was an emergency meeting in University Hall, in the office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The sun poured in through Bulfinch’s handsome windows, Copley’s portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Apple-ton looked out from the wall, and the Simon Willard clock over the mantel made a gentle sound, tock, tick, tock.
“It’s ri...diculous,” said the Dean. “You mean to say we can’t get rid of a bunch of squatters on Harvard property?”
“The question is,” explained Ellery Beaver, “whose property is it, really? Does the overpass belong to the university or the city of Cambridge? Remember Mayor Vellucci? He used to bring it up all the time. He claimed it belonged to the city.”
The General Counsel made a note. “I’ll look into the matter. If it doesn’t belong to us, then it’s not our problem. Let the Cambridge City Council deal with it.”MoreLess
I would cut him as small as flies And send him to the cookshop to make mince-pies.
Traditional British Mummers’ Play It was an emergency meeting in University Hall, in the office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The sun poured in through Bulfinch’s handsome windows, Copley’s portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Apple-ton looked out from the wall, and the Simon Willard clock over the mantel made a gentle sound, tock, tick, tock.
“It’s ri...diculous,” said the Dean. “You mean to say we can’t get rid of a bunch of squatters on Harvard property?”
“The question is,” explained Ellery Beaver, “whose property is it, really? Does the overpass belong to the university or the city of Cambridge? Remember Mayor Vellucci? He used to bring it up all the time. He claimed it belonged to the city.”
The General Counsel made a note. “I’ll look into the matter. If it doesn’t belong to us, then it’s not our problem. Let the Cambridge City Council deal with it.”MoreLess
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