He would clamber about the roof and windows for hours attempting to discover means of ingress, but to the door he paid little attention, for this was apparently as solid as the walls.

Spanish for little fly, they might be little but everyone is well aware of how nasty a mozzy bite can be. The mosquito population is at its peak in June and they can carry many harmful diseases.

Don’t thou them as thous thee! – a Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children

To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows.