The detected signal was a “double flash” characteristic of nuclear test signals recorded on 41 previous occasions by Vela satellites.

Hill[aria]. What, in the dumps, Captain? Osw[old]. He’s in a contemplation of Love.

From the very first there had been an exasperating fascination in the tricksiness with which she had- not met his advances, but- wheeled away from them.

A vast foyer leads to a pool area of knee-trembling tranquillity, an oasis of polished tiles and palm trees arranged in a swaying phalanx around an elegant infinity pool.