I will not say that everything was utterly commonplace, becuase I doubt if anything can be that, except to utterly commonplace people - and there my vanity steps in...

“persuading himself that he was a mostconscientious and glorious martyr, [he] no…”

“Meow says the cat ,quack says the duck , Bow wow wow says the dog !Grrrr!”

“authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superl…”

“III. The Shadow IV. Calm in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer VI. Triumph VII. A Knock a…”