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           KnaplockattheBiſhop’sHead,MDCCXI,withdedicatoryepiſtletohisworthyfriendCharlesCox,eſquire,MemberofParliamentfortheburghofSouthwarkandhavinginkcalligraphedstatementontheflyleafcertifyingthatthebookwasthepropertyofMichaelGallagher,datedthis10thdayofMay1822andrequeſtingtheperſonwhoshouldfindit,ifthebookshouldbeloſtorgoaſtray,toreſtoreittoMichaelGallagher,carpenter,DuferyGate,Enniſcorthy,countyWicklow,thefineſtplaceintheworld.

           Whatreflectionsoccupiedhismindduringtheprocessofreversionoftheinvertedvolumes?

           Thenecessityoforder,aplaceforeverythingandeverythinginitsplace:thedeficientappreciationofliteraturepossessedbyfemales:theincongruityofanappleincuneatedinatumblerandofanumbrellainclinedinaclosestool:theinsecurityofhidinganysecretdocumentbehind,beneathorbetweenthepagesofabook.

           Whichvolumewasthelargestinbulk?

           Hozier’sHistoryoftheRusso-TurkishWar.

           Whatamongotherdatadidthesecondvolumeoftheworkinquestioncontain?

           Thenameofadecisivebattle(forgotten),frequentlyrememberedbyadecisiveofficer,majorBrianCooperTweedy(remembered).

           Why,firstlyandsecondly,didhenotconsulttheworkinquestion?

           Firstly,inordertoexercisemnemotechnic:secondly,becauseafteranintervalofamnesia,when,seatedatthecentraltable,abouttoconsulttheworkinquestion,herememberedbymnemotechnicthenameofthemilitaryengagement,Plevna.