51.  It all happened as the prophet had foretold.

52.  It could happen right now, sitting on a white kitchen chair in a cool breeze and drinking iced tea.

53.  It had all happened one Sunday morning when an old man in London Decided that that was how it would be.

54.  It had all just happened in the random way things do.

55.  It had happened before, she must just plot the next square like painting by numbers.

56.  It had happened in a quiet Nottinghamshire country lane.

57.  It had happened to Mr McPhetson, the boat captain, and to countless others.

58.  It had never happened before, not in modern times.