“The crowd pressed round the dais and the band broke into the national anthem. 'Broke into' was the wrong expression. They ransacked it. Stone closed his eyes and clenched his fists to stop himself laughing as the wailing brass savaged his eardrums.”

—  Christopher Wood (writer)

Wood, Christopher. Make It Happen To Me. London: Constable. 1969 (chapter 8)

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