He had reached an age where death no longer has the quality of ghastly surprise

“I was enjoying myself now. I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the sc…”

“France was a land, England was a people, but America, having about it still tha…”

“A stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to yo…”

“I stared at him and then at Tom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an…”