"He has been much on my mind. A pearl of an agent - totally unmercenary - polyglot - a natural philosopher with innumerable contacts among the learned abroad - a man with a profession that introduced him everywhere - a physician is welcome everywhere - and a Catholic, which is such a recommendation in the Greater part of the world" (Chapter 1, pg. 5.)

"But like you, I am not at all desperate. I too have my service pay, and so long as I am a member they can't arrest me. Lord, Stephen, we have been very much worse off. Shall we see if we can find any rabbits?" (Chapter 2, pg. 28.)

"'But he will never forgive us for lying.'
'No dear,' said Diana. 'Now the first thing we must do is to send a message telling him not to come home but to go straight on to Wooton and...