He handled neatly and duly set his backs on their way and, when a gap of barn-door proportions opened up in front of him early in the first half, he took his chance adeptly and scored the first of two tries.
Like the good books they inhabited, they were portable and intimate, meant to be appreciated from close up and, duly treasured, they were tucked away to be handled only from time to time, with care.
Paul McLean handled in the box to give the hosts a stoppage-time penalty and Declan McManus duly converted from 12 yards.
This image has been heightened by voyeuristic, late-night television shows like "Ibiza Uncovered", which follows British teenagers around the resorts as they duly consume more than they can handle.
We have duly established policies and procedures to identify and handle those cases where individuals either qualify as PEPs or are related to them.
Politically exposed persons (PEPs): we have duly established policies and procedures to identify and handle those cases where individuals either qualify as PEPs or are related to them.
Handling-wise, however, we were duly impressed with the Sportback Ralliart's chops.
A German Marshall Fund poll last month duly showed that, while 47% of Americans approved of Mr Bush's handling of international affairs, only 11% of the French did; fully 88% disapproved.
Mr Kerry duly lost by a whisker to a relatively unpopular incumbent being pilloried for his handling of two wars.The Obama campaign is trying hard to repeat this scenario.
And he gets higher marks for his handling of the war on terrorism than for anything else.Mr Bush duly burnished this reputation for such generalship later in the week with a speech on nuclear proliferation.
