remark

It is worth remark that the Japanese railways are among the busiest in the world; moreover, their traffic is growing.

One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.

He remembers something Pete Huntley said at lunch, just a remark in passing, and the answer comes to him.