"If Ariadne can balance on it for a moment, it must be pretty firm."
"It is a lovely pedestal. You can see for miles from it, and it is as comfortable as an armchair."
"Ariadne always had a rare eye for a cushion."
"Ariadne is a perfect wife."
"Margaret, it is absolutely essential that I should see you once every twenty-four hours for the rest of my life. You will, therefore, not think me too matter-of-fact if I ask you your immediate plans?"
"I am staying here three more days."
"Damn—sixteen hours gone already, I am off to Deauville."
"Then I am going back to London where it will all begin again."
"I shall be there."
"How grand it sounds to be a melodrama."