Instead of apologizing to his girlfriend, he decided to add fuel to the fire.

The notion of magnoliaceans as the most primitive living angiosperms, justified or not, does not mean that all their characters, including multilacunar nodal anatomy and the lack of tannins, are primary.

Angus listened, too, with pleased amusedness on his pale, emaciated face, pursing his shrunken jaw.

I think it's an excellent thing that the Great Panjandrum is coming for the week-end. Have you ever met him in private?" I ought to explain that the Great Panjandrum was the nickname for Lord Elkindale, the then Foreign Secretary.