The strongest should come first in comedy because once a character is really established as funny everything he does is funny.

“THE VOICE: (to BEAUTY) Your life on earth will be, as always, the interval betw…”

“So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been st…”

“Frequently I had feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I reali…”

“It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispe…”