[030.01-033.13]: the origin of Earwicker's name, the result of a meeting with the king — Here Comes Everybody, with his imposing figure.

030.01      Now (to forebare for ever solittle of Iris Trees and Lili O'Ran-

030.02 gans), concerning the genesis of Harold or Humphrey Chimp-

030.03 den's occupational agnomen (we are back in the presurnames

030.04 prodromarith period, of course just when enos chalked halltraps)

030.05 and discarding once for all those theories from older sources which

030.06 would link him back with such pivotal ancestors as the Glues, the

030.07 Gravys, the Northeasts, the Ankers and the Earwickers of Sidles-

030.08 ham in the Hundred of Manhood or proclaim him offsprout of

030.09 vikings who had founded wapentake and seddled hem in Herrick

030.10 or Eric, the best authenticated version, the Dumlat, read the

030.11 Reading of Hofed-ben-Edar, has it that it was this way. We are

030.12 told how in the beginning it came to pass that like cabbaging

030.13 Cincinnatus the grand old gardener was saving daylight under his

030.14 redwoodtree one sultry sabbath afternoon, Hag Chivychas Eve,

030.15 in prefall paradise peace by following his plough for rootles in the

030.16 rere garden of mobhouse, ye olde marine hotel, when royalty was

030.17 announced by runner to have been pleased to have halted itself on

030.18 the highroad along which a leisureloving dogfox had cast fol-

030.19 lowed, also at walking pace, by a lady pack of cocker spaniels. For-

030.20 getful of all save his vassal's plain fealty to the ethnarch Humphrey

030.21 or Harold stayed not to yoke or saddle but stumbled out hotface

030.22 as he was (his sweatful bandanna loose from his pocketcoat) hast-

030.23 ing to the forecourts of his public in topee, surcingle, solascarf and

030.24 plaid, plus fours, puttees and bulldog boots ruddled cinnabar with