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The hearing was also told that Mrs Kneale's family said she was "chatty", lucid and did not appear agitated when they left her at the hospital late on the evening of 12 November.

And while he does so, he remains always calm and lucid.

His answer was lucid as a fog bank and inspiring as a stalk of celery.

“He’s worked as a satirist; he’s written parodies, political thrillers; he’s moved from a fairly earnest modern style to a very lucid, clear style.”

For a woman who had made a reputation as a lucid, sharp chronicler of the reality of American lives, Didion struggled with the irrational thoughts that flooded her mind afterward.