Sublime

it was only Melissa who ate the granola and he was thinking very hard about which granola to buy, the orange and cranberry or the coconut and tropical fruit.

In this life, she clearly had no taste. But since when did taste have anything to do with happiness?

Jeff,

invective

‘You’re our longest-serving contributor,’ said Carleton, flinching at the bang. ‘Our most admired. Indeed I should say our most popular.’ I’m beginning to speak like him, he thought: Thomas Hart is catching, that’s the trouble. ‘I’ve often heard it said that it’s a consolation – that’s the general feeling, as I said to the board – to wake on

For Beatrix, there were also special codas: When paying calls, wear gloves and hat, And never bring a squirrel, or rat, Or any four-legged creatures who Do not belong indoors with you.

Sighing, she reached down and removed one of her shoes, a sturdy black leather affair that laced up to the ankle. “It’s the only way to keep him quiet,” she said dourly. Immediately, the ferret’s chatter ceased, and he buried his head inside the shoe.