It now becomes necessary to inquire how, in an international quasi-order which purports to rule out the threat or use of force otherwise than in self-defence, the need for a status mixtus can still arise.

A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.

[…] these companies could enjoy support required to set up shop for the long term.

Your plan provides Browne with two charming wives and gives me but one. […] But, my lord, said Saunders, doesn't the plan give Lady Deppingham two husbands? It's quite a fair division. It would make Lord Deppingham my husband-in-law, I imagine, said Drusilla quaintly. I've always had a horror of husbands-in-law. And you would be my wife-in-law, supplemented Lady Agnes. How interesting!