Davies’s tale . . . even features a villain with the pitch-perfect name of Neville Thurlbeck.

[T]he magnificence of his compliment had quite shaken the general's [Ulysses S. Grant's] modesty, and that he could only say that France must come to the perihelion of her glory under such rulers as Grevy [i.e., Jules Grévy].

Dubin slept through the ringing alarm, aware of Kitty trying to rouse him and then letting him sleep.

Control Panel provides a folderful of essential property sheets and helpful wizards.