And why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?

erainbowd

The ‘they’ in this line is the most compelling bit for me. Who is they? Alexander and the other parts of the loam? The sand? The silt? The water?

It’s not Alexander alone who can stop a beer-barrel. He has to do it as an organic collective.

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