And when I am hungry, said MacK, they bring me the salmons of Argyll smoked over peat of the Hebrides, and a glass of Laphroaig.

“Saponins aren't absorbed by the intestines. You've got to get the stuff into the blood.”

He also says that the change of older V to 'e' is reflected in the practice of using ligatureless consonantal symbols — a practice, dating back at least[…]

Of an evening, I like to play chess. i.e., On some evenings, I like to play chess.