John Reith, the BBC's general manager, then bent to the microphone and announced that 5SC, the Glasgow station of the British Broadcasting Company, was calling.
Picked out by a superb low cutback from defender Javier Garrido, the midfielder controlled the ball with his first touch and then bent it inside the post from 18 yards.
Kneeling on the stone floor as the 12 youngsters sat above him, the 76-year-old Francis poured water from a silver chalice over each foot, dried it with a simple cotton towel and then bent over to kiss each one.
Small clouds of starlings charge onto the scene from offstage as if bent on collision, then integrate perfectly and instantly with the larger formation.
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Sabriel flinched as the girl screamed, hesitated for a moment, then bent down by the rabbit's side and reached out with one pale hand to touch it between its long ears.
Rommedahl then crossed to Bent but the England man lacked conviction and his header drifted harmlessly wide.
He shook the kinks from his arms and bounced on his toes like a boxer, then bent down to pick up the frame.
By then Darren Bent had already had an effort rightly ruled out for offside and, after conceding twice in 15 minutes against Wolves, it will be a source of concern to O'Neill that Villa - who have the Premier League's best defensive record - have suddenly assumed an uncharacteristic air of vulnerability.
Some comical defending involving two terrible clearances saw Kingson called on to block Welbeck's strike and then Evatt made amends for his shocking miscue by heading Bent's powerful follow-up over the bar.
Bent's persistence created a chance but Green made a decent block at his near post and then Cole hacked away from his own line when James Collins headed towards goal.
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