Women were the very devil, at the mercy of their frail strength.

“Every man is a bachelor out of his wife's sight!”

“I said he kissed me. Really kissed me. It rocked me to my soul. It was brutal. …”

“Ingo was a fever, and so far she hadn't found the antidote.”

“It's quite commonplace for a young man to fall in love and equally commonplace …”