Like carved teak statues with footlong cigars stuck in their wooden faces, the two old creatures gazed at the 'Ingaleikma' as English yokels might gaze at a Zulu warrior in full regalia.

Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip.

[…] if you cast a stone thereinto, it being struck back presently, you shall receive it cast forth again with great force.

... when the shield is argent, it is shown in an engraving by being left plain.