How easy dost thou take all England up! From forth this morsel of dead royalty, The life, the right and truth of all this realm Is fled to heaven; and England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state.

With the exception of native troops who are employed in maintaining order in their districts, no Tibetan force shall be quartered to the east of the Kinshakiang River.

‘You must come and dine with us some night. Tuesday? Are you disengaged Tuesday?’

[…] because I think ye will be rushing off to the nearest bed with whate'er woman is ogling ye at that moment.