Meeting for Sufferings started with much laughter from all present when the clerk announced 'Will whoever has chained their bicycle to one of the chair-lifters in the lobby, please remove it?” Eyes swept around the room to spot the offender – only to settle on The Friend's news editor rising to his feet with a sheepish look on his face. Definitely a case of 'the biter bit'!
Quick as a flash, it was immediately pointed out by the Table after his departure, that 'this might be a good moment to get certain more tricky matters through before he comes back!'