"Adela’s outstretched slipper shook slightly and shone like a snake’s tongue."

"Mother held no influence over [my father]; though he bestowed much reverence and attention upon Adela. When she swept…"

"An infernal storm-cloud of feathers, wings, and screeches flew up, in the midst of which, Adela, looking like a furio…"

"I have never seen the Old Testament prophets, but at the sight of that man floored by divine anger, widely straddling…"

"He occasionally placed two chairs back-to-back, and, supporting himself with his hands on the backrests, swung his le…"

"Only today do I understand the lonely heroism with which he gave single-handed battle against the boundless element o…"

"“Were I to cast aside respect before the Creator and seek to make a jest in criticism of creation, then I should dema…"

"It is worth noting how, in coming into contact with that unusual man, all things withdrew, as it were, to the root of…"

"Adela returned on luminous mornings, like Pomona from the fire of the enkindled day, tipping from her basket the colo…"

"">“Sadly, Adela,” said Father, “you have never been able to comprehend matters of a higher order. Always and everywhe…"