"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…"

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

"I say, what gloomy tidings about the CRABS! Could it be me? I'll tell you why this odd doubt exists, instead of robus…"