Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking.

the science of tomorrow is the supernatural of today.

You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.

Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master.

Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.

lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.

At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.