[…]I was positioned before a row of unforgivingly lighted mirrors.

Mr. Payn, you at least have now been connected with twelveness. In fact, come to think of it, you're also a douzeper. / I'm a what? Payn gasped. / Douzeper, Ellery assured him. The douzepers were the twelve paladins of Charlemagne. Surely you can't have forgotten the most famous paladin of them all?[]

The glory of the true saints is indescribable. They are deep like ocean and affulgent like the sun.

These underrooted plants (especially in lower light levels) are your greatest concern.