To begin, at the beginning...

“And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky ro…”

“I hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their wor…”

“One: I am a Welshman; two: I am a drunkard; three: I am a lover of the human ra…”

“before you let the sun in, mind he wipes his shoes.”