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They're asleep when they're not supposed to be?

And the epilogue: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52626 ... /142106149

(It feels very strange not having a chapter to be working on after all this time!)

Part 2 of Break's Very Special Episode is now out: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52626 ... /141948019
(One short epilogue to follow.)

Oh, there you go: the earliest known Indian coins were called Karshapanas or Pana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_o ... 0or%20Pana.
And another name for the clawed frog is Platanna.

Team work is awesome!

13 Old Indian coin; heavenly food; Australian lizard; grassland; African clawed frog; excessively cheerful? Rupee; manna; goanna? skink?; veldt; Xenopus/pregnancy test; ?? I cannot see a connection between these things... 15 Abraham Lincoln; Pyotr Stolypin; Todor Panitsa? Were they all assassinated ...

Here's the almost last chapter of Break: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52626 ... /141660679
(It turns out I needed to split the courtroom chapter in half)

11 Clint Eastwood; Sugar, Sugar; the Chipmunk Song?
Songs by virtual/animated bands. The Gorillaz; the Archies; the Chipmunks.

5 Which transport service is run by Waymo in San Francisco and Phoenix?
Mr Daisy says it's self-driving cars.

12 Ruth Handler’s children and Theodore Roosevelt? Famous toys are named after them: Barbie and Teddy Bears. 13 Rosh Hashanah; Shogatsu; Songkran; Nowruz? Various traditions New Years: Jewish, Japanese, Thai and Iranian. They could also add Matariki for Maori New Year. 14 Anne Bonny; Mary Critchett;...

7 Which song features a whaling ship called the Billy o’ Tea? The Wellerman. (My daughter's a fan.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP-7GNoDJ5c Huh - I just looked it up on Wikipedia, I had no idea it was a New Zealand song. (It turns out that the Wellerman is a supply ship provided by the Weller br...

DarkshireLass wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 9:24 am things hot up for Nicholas Higgins

Definitely hotting up there...

My next Break chapter is up! https://archiveofourown.org/works/52626 ... /141220045

9. I know Bleaklow and Kiinder Scout are both in the Peak District - is it as simple as that? Is it the highest peaks? 11 Michael J Fox; Ulysses S Grant; David O Selznick; Harry S Truman? If the S in Harry S Truman is any guide the middle initial in these gentlemen's names doesn't stand for anythin...

5 What is the only dwarf planet within Neptune’s orbit?
Ceres?

Robin Hood is in Ivanhoe? I should really read that book.

Therefore, it somehow falls on the Thorntons to care for Margaret until a suitable situation can be found for her (and therein lies the biggest issue with this scenario, for I cannot quite figure out how such a thing could be made even remotely acceptable under the social norms of the time); cue Mr...

The next chapter of Break is out: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52626 ... /140748637 (We're going to be heading into full angst from now on.)

Caesia390 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:17 am The latest Lady Lennox update has two chapters!

Behold my completely undisciplined writing/posting schedule.

But at least you're writing, amirite?

It would be acceptable for Margaret to stay at Marlborough House as long as Mrs Thornton (or Fanny) is present - she's there as Mrs T's guest, or even paid companion. If Mrs T wasn't there, then it would be awkward. I mean, there was some room around the edges: Mr Bell can stay for a couple of days ...

12 Tutti Frutti; The Locomotion; Shout Out to My Ex; Introvert?
Songs that were hits by: Little Richard, Little Eva, Little Mix and Little Simz

15 Jessica Drew, Gwen Stacy and Mattie Franklin; Brenda Hale? The first three are female characters from the Spiderman franchise; the fourth is a judge who has the nickname "Spiderwoman" (I had to look her up, though). Have Jessica, Gwen and Mattie all had incarnations as Spiderwomen as we...