El degotís ja hi era quan les Piramides foren noves, quan Troia caigué, quan foren posats els fonaments de Roma, quan Jesús fou crucificat, quan Guillem el Conqueridor crea l'Imperi angles, quan Colomb navegava, quan el carnatge de Lexington era «una nova».
That drop was falling when the Pyramids were new; when Troy fell; when the foundations of Rome were laid; when Christ was crucified; when the Conqueror created the British empire; when Columbus sailed; when the massacre at Lexington was "news."