Swankey of the Body Guard himself, that dangerous youth, and the greatest buck of all the Indian army now on leave, was one day discovered by Major Dobbin tête-à-tête with Amelia, and describing the sport of pig-sticking to her with great humour and eloquence […]

What we should do, however, is insist that there be a quid pro quo — an equal exchange.

A stout metal fence prevents any further exploration, but at the time the walk was recce'd you could hear water pounding away below.

Unlike Christianity, which considers the body purely profane, Islam includes the body within the sacred; therefore, the body, like all other sensible things, is linked to the extrasensible.