You wish to put me in the dark. I tell you that I will never be put in the dark. You wish to beat me. I tell you that you will never beat me.

Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details.

The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined.

We have much to hope from the flowers.

He foresaw that she would be very much more useful to him in the character of a free woman.

The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.

My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.