← He had felt the breath of Fame against his cheek—so late, for such a little while; and at its withdrawal he gave in, gave up, gave out. 🔊
← I had been out most of the morning and, as it was too late to reach home in time for luncheon, I sought the Vingtième. 🔊
← I went back to the middle desk and asked what was the best modern book on late nineteenth-century literature. 🔊
← The answer can be only this: Nupton will not have read the later passages of this memoir. 🔊