“The thing had woken him up as usual, an alarm clock. as reliable and stiff off the ground as Big Fucking Ben. [John Matthew]”
“He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed.”
“Slipping in the side door to the VIP section , she scanned the crowd , well aware that she was looking for one male in particular.And he was there. Fucking John Matthew.”
“The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history's clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again.”
“It’s just a dream, I told myself. I hate when I dream of alarm clocks going off.”
“You’re one in a million, John Matthew,”