“What happened to you?" she asked."I got hit in the side.""With what?""A knife.”

“What happened to your hand?It got hit by a mirror. How'd that happen? I lost my temper at myself.”

“What the devil happened to you?" Richard asked with amazement as he led Robert to the bed."I was shot," Daniel said.Richard frowned, but Robert snapped, "It was probably the Fates punishing you.""Punishing me for what?" he asked with surprise."For breaking Suzette's heart," he growled. "She was crushed when she got your letter.”

“What do you think she would say about my Match?" I ask him. "About what happened today?" He's quiet, and I wait. "I think she would ask you if you wondered.”

“What kind of rescue is this, where you toss the prisoner a knife and stand and wait to see what happens?”

“Imagine The Greatest Hits of Bobby Darin minus 'Mack the Knife.' That's what my life would be like without you.”