"There were things about him that I found potently intriguing, but if I looked too closely at those vivid encrusted sp…"

"(Chapter 2)"

"Dear Faye, I feel a little fitter today. Perhaps everything will be fine after all ..."

"Actually I can't stand the man. Sanctimonious, Calvinistic, so-and-so. Totally unsympathetic -can't think why he beca…"

"Can't you keep this bloody place tidy?""

"There are so many hypochondriacs out here. I think Murray can spot them a mile off.""

"I want you to get to know Murray because I want you to bribe him.""

"My maid Innocence. She's dead.'"

"That's Africa for you, eh? Trouble-free sex and tranquillizers. What do they call it? Post-pill paradise or something…"

"He saw that she treated her marriage to his father as a relentless challenge, an unending struggle under adverse cond…"