Goujons are tiny brook-fish like the white bait which are served on the sea coast in this country; but to watch a Frenchman with an untrimmed beard as he devours schools of goujons is an experience.

She had cold sores on her upper lip which made her mouth look swollen and ugly. But from a distance it was not noticeable - like the spit and breathy sounds.

His trousers were sagging off his legs.

It no longer mattered that I had been skunked in the marsh. I had prevailed on the ponds.