In the manner of one recognizing a line from a familiar poem in a strange book.

“There was a birthday present waiting to be read, a boxed set of the Narnia book…”

“All around me darkness gathers, Fading is the sun that shone, We must speak of …”

“He died alone,' said Pious Dundas, old as Methuselah, unblinking. 'It don't mat…”

“I reached out a hand, and touched her. Her body was hard, and slim, and lithe, …”