“Very fine law,” said Stuart. “When I am Chairman, anybody who is mean to anybody else is going to catch it.”

“I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.”

“Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.”

“A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if it’s mother keeps it tidy,” answered Henry.“Correct,” said Stuart. “Those are the important things. You forgot one thing, though. Mary Bendix, what did Henry Rackmeyer forget?”“He forgot ice cream with chocolate sauce on it,” said Mary quickly.”

“He wiped his face with his handkerchief, for he was quite warm from the exertion of being Chairman of the World. It had taken more running and leaping and sliding than he had imagined.”

“I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.”

“It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention.”