"Hence we hear of Auimeu, father of the gods; Oouquoo, god of balanced justice; Yyuhoo, goddess of love; and at the most extreme, Aiiieee, the fearsome god of war."
"One set of papers written for posterity that said what they truly thought: that Maurice Vionne had been privileged to look at the most mysterious diamond in the world, the Great Mogul, and another that said only that it was a very large jewel."
"Great view, also, which must have been included in the tab, because, at the end of the meal, I was presented with a folded conto on which had been written a sum that translated, at that summers exchange rate, to a round of golf at the most expensive daily-fee course in New England."