"(harpsichord)" "In 1973, in the parish of W, 37 people were killed as a result of falling out of windows." "Of the 37 people who fell, seven were children under 11," "11 were adolescents under 18 and the remaining adults were all under 71, save for a man believed by some to be 103." "Five of the seven children fell from bedroom windows, as did four of the 11 adolescents and three of the 19 adults." "(dog barks)" "Of the seven children who fell, all cases were of misadventure save one of infanticide." "Of the 11 adolescents, three committed suicide for reasons of the heart, two fell through misadventure, two were drunk, one was pushed, one was accredited insane, one jumped for a bet and one was experimenting with a parachute." "Of the 12 men, two jumped deliberately, four were pushed, five were cases of misadventure and one, under the influence of an unknown drug, thought he could fly." "Of the 11 adolescents who fell, two were clerks, two were unemployed, one was married, one was a window cleaner and five were students of aeronautics, one of whom played the harpsichord." "Among the 19 adults who fell were an air stewardess, two politicians, an ornithologist, a glazier and a seamstress." "Of the 37 people, 19 fell in summer before midday, eight fell on summer afternoons and three fell into snow." "The ornithologist, the adolescent experimenting with the parachute and the man who thought he could fly, all fell or were pushed on spring evenings." "At sunset on the 14th of April, 1973, the seamstress and the student of aeronautics who played the harpsichord jumped into a plum tree from a window in this house." "(birdsong)"