″‘I was greatly tempted to let out,’ said Oliver, ‘but the fact is- I know you’ll jeer, Wray- the fact is, I’ve been trying feebly to turn over a new leaf this term.‘”
“Nasreddine took the bottom of his robe in his mouth and scrambled up onto the donkey, pleased with his trick _no one would make fun of this father walking calmly behind, his head wrapped in a handsome turban.”
“I didn’t know until later, until I hovered on the periphery of being one of them, just how much they had laughed at me between the rounds of the interview.”