| 1 | He calmly stepped onto the platform. | |
| 2 | He was hooted down the rostrum by the students. | |
| 3 | Palmer leaves the podium and sees his son. | |
| 4 | Strip off (or down) his platform rhetoric and what is he left with? | |
| 5 | His eyes ranged over the audience before he mounted the rostrum. |