When I reported this to Burwell by telephone, he called me a Chinese ace — in those days Chinese aces were pilots who cracked up their own airplanes […]

King Richard II: What must the king do now? must he submit? […] What says King Bolingbroke? will his majesty Give Richard leave to live till Richard die? You make a leg, and Bolingbroke says ay.

the sulky child

‘I have no money,’ she said simply. ‘This apartment is rent-controlled.’