One chop-fallen runner trod upon the heels of another, each with a repetition of his diversified nothings […] .

Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.

We stayed in Hawaii for a week.  I can only stay for an hour.

We saw a two-act play in the theatre.