General Tulenkov said, ‘Are you comfortable? We can arrange to have an easy chair brought up.’ ‘No, thank you. This is fine.’ ‘Hors de combat,’ the General said, ‘and watching the ladies in their finery....

‘It’s something I’ve only just realised.’ He settled her weight more firmly against him. ‘And what was the cause of your just realising?’ ‘Little things. You know.’ ‘I know when you’re deceiving me.’ She blushed....

‘I’ve never thought money important,’ Gilbert said. ‘So many people who have it seem not to know how to live.’ ‘I suppose if you have a great deal of money it becomes important. If you...

‘We’ll soon be there.’ ‘Soon! An hour almost.’ ‘You can stop at Chamby,’ Lionel said, ‘if you wish. Breakfast at the hotel there, and take the train up when one comes.’ ‘Perhaps we will do...

The cab smelled of plush and wet paper. They sat close together; cold seemed concentrated in this small space. The driver offered a rug for the ladies, but Katharine declined it. She said in English,...