What dangers thou canst make us scorn.
Burns.
[36. Behind Time]
The engineer said he had not seen Nelson until he was practically on top of him. That, of course, is impossible. An engineer of a train running on a straight-away can see nothing as close as ten yards in front of him.
You cram these words into mine ears,
Against the stomach of my sense.
Shakespeare.
[37. A Broken Engagement]
Molly said she had retired at ten, after locking her door, and had not awakened until Fordney had aroused her.
Yet a few minutes after Dot had been murdered, the Professor idly ‘shaped the wax’ of the candle on her desk. This would have been impossible had not the candle been burning within a few minutes before he entered.