"And time began seriously to pass."

"It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion about them. On th…"

"The Electric Monk was a labor-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes…"

"Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had started to believe all kinds of things, more or less …"

"He instituted this, er, Chair of Chronology to see if there was any particular reason why one thing happened after an…"

"Mau had been shocked at this. Every boy wanted to be a warrior, didn’t he? “You didn’t want to be a warrior?” “Never.…"

"Normally people tended to be very quiet in the parish church. Perhaps they were afraid of waking God up in case He as…"

"Some people would tell you anything if they thought you’d be scared."

"“It’s a trick!” he said, without thinking. “Not so loud,” snapped Nawi, glancing back at the shore. “Of course it’s a…"

"Her father had said that if you knew where to look, you could find Mrs. Ethel J. Bundy’s Birthday Island, and loaned …"