He says they're all in for a huge treat tonight because the Chief Executive Officer of Hoo-Hoo International—the Snark of the Universe—has flown in all the way from Alabama just to be with them.

And so when he entered the room, she ran to meet him with a little cry; and she threw her arms about his neck and sobbed a good deal on that old, cassocked shoulder, and longed to ask him to let her be as a daughter to him.

One's own death is an 'accidental' event, simply another instance of the general rule that human beings die.

Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers.