With a sort of mental squint.

I said you LOOKED like an egg, Sir. And some eggs are very pretty, you know.

I wonder if I've been changed in the night. Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

You couldn't have it if you DID want it.

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another.

They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs.