Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

Get your butt off your chair and help me.

And that is why the young man's manners are so near to Chesterfieldian perfection, why he can play with an artist's touch and expression, and why he actually does not understand the evils that surround us all.

[…] one or two responded to the culprit's screams with horrisonant laughter […]