"Rawlings was a burglar and a thief, but like much of the London underworld he would not have anyone "trash" his count…"

"The man with ten minutes to live was laughing."

"The British Secret Intelligence Service works out of Century House, a rather shabby building south of the Thames betw…"

"Martin laughed. "President Bush," he said, "and all the people around him will act according to their upbringing. Whi…"

"Uh-unh. Islam has nothing to do with it. Saddam doesn't care a fig for the hadith, the codified teachings of the Prop…"

"Not really. There's a quantum leap in moral philosophy when you cross the Jordan."

"What you are saying," suggested Martin, "is that Iraq decided to use Model-T Ford technology, and because everyone as…"

"You got it, son. People forget—the old Model-T Ford may be old, but it worked. It got you there. It carried you from …"

"They also drew their £1000 in five gold sovereigns and the "goolie chit." This remarkable document was first introduc…"

"In the days of my early acquaintance with Henley, some fourteen or fifteen years ago, I could never look at him witho…"