dennis scharnberg

“Men have died from time to time,” said Paul, in a lilting voice. “And tell me, please, dear Phyllis: Why, oh why, oh why?”

“You mean why do people want to quote the Elizabethans?”

Edward Valerian, The Empire Is Maintained.

“They don’t like to hear much talk about that staircase, sir. That’s where old Enderby took his fall. Mum’s the word.”

Adrian Caliban, The Magnificent Egglestons.