"When our President first telephoned to Greece and suggested that I should have the great honour of saying a ‘few word…"

"[the sale of his two trunks from the Harrods Depository] 'still aches sometimes, like an old wound in wet weather'"

"Germany! . . . I could hardly believe I was there. For someone born in the second year of World War I, those three sy…"

"It was a time of anxiety and danger; and for our captive, of hardship and distress. During a lull in the pursuit, we …"

"It was one of the ones I knew! I continued from where he had broken off:nec jam sustineant onus, Silvae laborantes, g…"

"and so on, through the remaining five stanzas to the end. The general's blue eyes had swivelled away from the mountai…"

"Here's a riddle to change the subject: what English catch-phrase, indicating someone is better than he seems, would a…"

"THE INTERNATIONAL PRIMATE PROTECTION LEAGUE. This came, usual thing asking for money. Poor Archbishops, I thought, fe…"

"Meanwhile, the kittens - downholsterers and interior desecrators to a kitten - demolish all."

"A propos of Dr Oblivion, did I ever send you my first hint of untimely forgetfulness? One is at sea, and at the same …"