A querulous whine that was almost a question was succeeded by a deep gobble that was almost an answer. — Avram Davidson

These precautions, perhaps because they had been taken, proved unnecessary.

But the Red Man denied that time, though it must always be paid for, could always be paid for in money.

Hmm...hmm. A stag hunt. To what elaborate lengths the equestrian classes go in order to draw out the simple business of butchering venison.