There were times, however, when a man had to make a strategic retreat to win the game.

“One couldn't spend one's entire life waiting for life to start.”

“Neamh," he murmered. '"Tis Neamh, you are, Olivia.”

“He walked to Brooks’s, intending to drink a glass of port, eat a joint of beef,…”

“I enjoyed reading when I was a boy, but these days, I read all the time and it …”