His bimonthly appointment was almost due.

Cathy teetered downstairs on very high heels, her hair swept up in a disintegrating “brioche”, her eyes glistening with belladonna drops.

Count De Prorak gave a highly interesting account of his adventures and his findings in that part of the Dark Continent bordering on the Mediterranean, and showed two reels of excellent tetracolored motion pictures he had taken in the regions he had explored in recent years.

'Anvilicious'? […] 'Of, or pertaining to, anvils,' is how I'd describe it. Remember in cartoons, when they get dropped on people from a height? It means when an idea is presented on the show with about that much subtlety […]