Yet beyond turning my blood cold for a moment, it gave me little trouble, for evil tales have hung about the church; and though I did not set much store by the old yarns of Blackbeard piping up his crew, yet I thought strange things might well go on among the graves at night. And so I never budged, nor stirred hand or foot to save a fellow-creature in his agony.

A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.

I have lost count of how many timesI have heard that Christianity is a crutch for weak-minded people, who can't make it in life without faith.

A preaccounting unit overseeing the smooth connection between accounting and the front office was created within the complex derivative back office. […] What was carefully checked during the consultation period was the way in which what was paid out and received was communicated to the accounting department.