Mr. Robertson Davies has also suggested in his Deptford Trilogy that the same great truism which applies to writing, painting, picking horses at the track, and telling lies in a sincerely believable way, also applies to magic: some people got the knack, and some people don’t. Hilly didn’t.

“Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and…”

“The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs…”

“The sunlight pouring in the east window came through her lids and made a dark r…”

“Bill could smell Its breath and it was a smell like exploded animals lying on t…”