Let me get you all some punch,” I said. “You're leaving us?” said Isabel, sounding panicky. “I'll be right back,” I promised. “If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.

But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.

You see, when medicine works, it is blessed science, and when it fails, it is witchcraft. - Polidori

If my heart were a compass, you'd be North.

You two were in a cave together?’ said Miss Simpkins in horror. ‘Yes,’ said Kate, ‘and it was very, very dark.

I poo poo the chit.' The attendant looked stunned. 'You cannot poo-poo the chit!' I do.' Kate said solemnly. 'I do poo-poo.' We'll walk.

It was as though, in one moment, he had become a stranger. And I a stranger to myself.