The tale thus underscores in expressive form the semiparadoxical fact that traders can lie by telling the truth.

Burk replied in his husky Dalek voice without looking at the King but also without any trepidation: 'I was christened Herbert Burk.'

We must remember, though, that Mr. Gonzalez is under orders from that mysterious tycooness, the reputedly brilliant and learned Mrs. Levy, to treat Miss Trixie well and to make her feel active and wanted.

If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot―and they're the same thing, thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, I should have been all right. But to drag out a ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general―patience! I will be famous yet.