The sound of his voice quickened the other’s memory, his face expanded to its fullest capacity, and he also broke into a laugh. “Why, Newman—I’ll be blowed! Where in the world—I declare—who would have thought? You know you have changed.”

The crocuses should be sprouting after 2 months, provided they're well tended.

Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs

He was at that awkward stage where oblivion was still three or four drinks away; he was definitely pissed, but not quite langered enough not to care.