When they came to a crossroads where the road split off into four cardinal directions, Stanton stood squinting up at the signpost for a long time.

The first was that out-of-area appraisers “didn’t understand the local values”; the second was that they were choosing comparable properties from a pool of foreclosed homes — not exactly indicative of what nondistressed properties might be worth.

Planting of waterbreak cultures on steep deeply submerged banks is not recommended before filling the reservoir, as they are doomed to death due to proceeding wash-out.

It's unnatural in a gell like Marian Ashurst to think so much o' money and What it brings, would be a frequent remark at one of those private Helmingham institutions* known as thick teas.