When a professional cricketer running in to bowl sees his England teammate—a posh amateur—practising his golf swing, the author's tut is all but audible.
The boy's mother was killed, the palace was stormed by soldiers, and there were revolts throughout the country which delayed the young Ptolemy's coronation for years.
At last, the train began to slow down and they heard the usual racket up and down it as everybody scrambled to get their luggage and pets assembled, ready for departure.