“And it was signed simply “George.”

“What else?"Nothing," Dogger said. "Just sign it. "Kings prefer brevity.”

“I remembered Father remarking once that if rudeness was not attributable to ignorance it could be taken as a sure sign that one was speaking to a member of the aristocracy.”

“I remembered that Beethoven's symphonies had sometimes been given names... they should have call [the Fifth] the Vampire, because it simply refused to lie down and die.”

“It was quite wrong of me Had I heard what I thought I’d heard or were my ears playing hob with me It was more likely that the sun and the moon should suddenly dance a jolly jig in the heavens than that one of my sisters should apologize. It was simply unheard of.”

“Spare us the pout, there’s enough lip in the world without you adding to it.”

“Yaroo!" I shouted, and I didn't give a beetle's bottom who heard me. "Ya-rooo!”