"I'm glad you've come, dear," she panted; "This pelican is a little difficult to handle." Pp xiii
"Well of course I knew they were yours, dear; Who else would send pelicans to me?" Pp xiii
"what for you want a bathroom? Have you not got the sea?" Pp 13
"Honest to Gods if I wasn't Greek, I'd likes to be English." Pp 16
"I'm far and away the most reasonable member of the family." Pp 41
"I wouldn't mind being attacked by bumble-bees, if it led anywhere." Pp 41
"You see," he went on in.....
