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

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

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.