It's expression was solemn, its complexion muddy.

“You can get a large audience together for a strip-tease act—that is, to watch a…”

“What do they teach them at these schools?”

“Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thin…”

“Be comforted, small one, in your smallness. He lays no merit on you. Receive an…”