The Man Who Was Thursday

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton

Once upon a time, at an artistic colony in London, the usual poet, an anarchist named Gregory, was challenged by a newcomer who professed to be a poet of law, named Syme.  During their debate, Syme said that Gregory's anarchism was insincere.

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messaging

Once upon a time, you wanted to send a message without a messenger, you rang church bells.  Or used a trumpeter.  Strictly limited in their range, and even more so in the messages you could encode efficiently.  And Heaven help you if you wanted a secret message. . . .

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