they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.

Tamsyn Muir stated that Ianthe Tridentarius was written as a Draco in Leather Pants, but this is, in fact, an insult to Ianthe. Draco Malfoy never consumed a man's immortal soul in order to gain immortality and ultimate power, nor is he anywhere near as competent and sexy.

Its [the barometer's] normal register in the Paumotus [the Tuamotus] was 29.90, and it was quite customary to see it vacillate between 29.85 and 30.00, or even 30.05; […]

Along my journey I have seen several different chromebook incarnations, and have almost always used the latest and greatest chromebook as the text vehicle for each retelling of the story: from the original very-affordable ARM-powered Samsung chromebook to the outrageously overpriced and (then) top-of-the-range Chromebook Pixel.