Her husband … crouches over a portable hibachi nearby, making something that smells amazing.

Then all three major builders were called upon to deliver 105 Berkshires before the buying spree was over.

I shall take the liberty of narrating Lancelot's fanatical conduct, without execratory comment

But the other day I took it out for reference; and now as I am holiday- making in a certain little backwater of the world, where it is raining in a most unholiday fashion, it occurs to me that, as everything has happened to me which is likely to happen (Heaven knows I want no more excursions and alarums in my life's drama), I may as well bring the narrative up to date.