"'...To tell me whether those whorls, or perhaps I should say those torsades or undulations, and those spirals running from the base to the very tip add strength or possibly elasticity to the whole improbable structure.'" --Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 28–29
"'...To tell me whether those whorls, or perhaps I should say those torsades or undulations, and those spirals running from the base to the very tip add strength or possibly elasticity to the whole improbable structure.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 28–29