While they were content to peck cautiously at the ball, he never spared himself in his efforts to do it a violent injury.

Dedication: To my daughter Leonora without whose never-failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been finished in half the time.

Blizzard was of the fine old school of butlers. His appearance suggested that for fifteen years he had not let a day pass without its pint of port. He radiated…

Honoria, you see, is one of those robust, dynamic girls with the muscles of a welterweight and a laugh like a squadron of cavalry charging over a tin bridge. A…

You have frightened and daunted me. I will stop stealing at once. - Dhrun

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

He is innocent of wrong-doing, and so am I. We shall forgive each other and go on. It was a good decision, and [she] was proud of it. The trouble was, she coul…