...his amusing Bride Ninety-One, which deals with the marital problems of one earthman who unwittingly marries eighteen alien spacegirls.

My husband is upstairs, hoovering.

[T]here are another set of rascals prowling about the docks, chiefly at dusk, who make strange motions to you, and beckon you to one side, as if they had some state secret to disclose, intimately connected with the weal of the commonwealth.

“It’s obvious that to feel 100 percent you need matches,” Nadal said. “I didn’t compete for the last six months, so for me, the first goal is to go on court and feel myself competitive. That’s a good test, without great expectations.”