I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.

Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.

How to know, oh how to know! All is relative ease and facility in orthodoxy, yet how can it be denied that good is in itself undeniable? Absolutes are the most uncertain of all formulations, while the uncertainties are the most real.

I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient explanations of the obvious, fleeting allusions to the unthinkable. As a preliminary, the conversationalist must gauge the mood, the intelligence and the verbal facility of the company. To this end, a few words of pedantic exposition often prove invaluable.