[W]e are almost always in one place with our minds somewhere quite other.

“He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word…”

“This, Tietjens thought, is England! A man and a maid walk through Kentish grass…”

“You have to wait together - for a week, for a year, for a lifetime, before the …”

“You seduced a young woman in order to be able to finish your talks with her. Yo…”